Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.13.__
Crinodendron patagua
Synonym: Tricuspidaria dependens.
English: Patagua; Lily of the valley tree.
Name: Crinodendron means lily tree in Greek.
Region: Chile.
Habitat: wet places; prefers ravines; altitude up to 1200 m.
Content: tannin.
Use: for honey production; bark for tanning leather; wood for furniture; reforestation, very fast-growing, tolerates frosts; ornamental.
Botany
Evergreen tree; up to 10 m tall.
Leaves: simple; oblong; serrate margin.
Flowers: white; bell-shaped corolla of five petals.
Fruit: capsule, orange-colored when mature.