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Unonopsis guatterioides, also known as envieira, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Unonopsis. It is a tree native to tropical Southern America which produces white flowers, and is known to be used in both construction and tropical medicine.
U. guatterioides is well documented to grow along river sides in tropical lowland areas. It is described to grow in "non-inundated forest on sandy to clayey soil".
There are a number of documented uses for U. guatterioides. An extract made from the bark, and the bark itself are known to be used to treat snakebite and fevers respectively.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Unonopsis guatterioides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
