Fabaceae FAMILY Vulnerable
Pericopsis mooniana
Pericopsis mooniana
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitTree
Growth—
A plant of the lowland, moist tropics, where it is found at elevations up to 350 metres[1]. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is within the range 26 - 34°c, though it can tolerate 20 - 38°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,000 - 1,700mm, but tolerates 750 - 2,000mm[418[, Prefers a sunny position in a light to medium soil[1]. Prefers a pH in the range 6.5 - 7, but can tolerate 6 - 7.5[2].
References
- [1]Ecocrop — http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home ↩︎Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available.
- [2]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 76 — Missouri Botanical Garden · 1989 ↩︎An excellent botanical publication, available for download from the Internet. This volume contains a monograph of the genus Zapoteca (Calliandra) amongst other things.
- [3]Global Tree Campaign - 40 Species in Trade — http://www.unep-wcmc.org/trees/trade/40_species_in_trade.htm ↩︎Information on the habitats, uses and some cultivation notes for 40 species of timber trees.
- [4]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.
- [5]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.