Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Luetzelburgia auriculata

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The pant is not recommended for honey production because of its toxicity^[1]. At the start of the rainy season, the leaves are reported to be toxic to cattle^[1]. A recently published study demonstrated that samaras are responsible for poisoning outbreaks in goats^[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree

Growth—

Luetzelburgia auriculata is a plant of the 'Caatinga' dry forest region of northeast Brazil. The climate is hot and dry, there are usually 6 to 11 months without rain each year. The mean annual rainfall varies from 250 - 1,000mm, and the mean annual temperature is from 24 - 26°c. Although many species within the family Fabaceae have a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, this species is said to be devoid of such a relationship and therefore does not fix atmospheric nitrogen^[2].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Luetzelburgia+auriculata>

Pollinators

Insects

References

[1]A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) — Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D · 2014 ↩︎
[2]Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy — United States Department of Agriculture · http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en ↩︎An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
[3]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
[4]The Plantsman. Vol. 3. 1981 - 1982. — ? · Royal Horticultural Society · 1981 · ISBN - ↩︎Excerpts from the periodical giving cultivation details and other notes on some of the useful plants..