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Andradea floribunda
3-663.35.06English: Allemão.
Region: south America, eastern Brazil.
Habitat: Atlantic rainforest; tablelands; coastal plain; dense, primary forest as well as more open areas and secondary growth formations; favouring moist alluvial soils; often near streams and rivers; sunny position; moist, fertile soil
Use: medicinal; wood for violet dye; wood for internal rustic constructions, boards, boxes; fast-growing tree, pioneer restoring native woodland.BotanyEvergreen tree; dense, narrow, elongate crown; 10 to 18 metres tall.
Stem: 60 to 80cm in diameter; corky bark; wood thick-textured, cross-grained, moderately heavy, soft, with poor mechanical properties, subject to rot.
Region: south America, eastern Brazil.
Habitat: Atlantic rainforest; tablelands; coastal plain; dense, primary forest as well as more open areas and secondary growth formations; favouring moist alluvial soils; often near streams and rivers; sunny position; moist, fertile soil
Use: medicinal; wood for violet dye; wood for internal rustic constructions, boards, boxes; fast-growing tree, pioneer restoring native woodland.BotanyEvergreen tree; dense, narrow, elongate crown; 10 to 18 metres tall.
Stem: 60 to 80cm in diameter; corky bark; wood thick-textured, cross-grained, moderately heavy, soft, with poor mechanical properties, subject to rot.