Fabaceae FAMILY

Piptadenia viridiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piptadenia viridiflora is a very spiny, deciduous tree with a dense, elongate crown; it can grow 10 - 18 metres tall. The usually crooked and more or less cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm in diameter[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. A natural pioneer species, it can be used for restoring native woodland and establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, central and northeastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru; C. America - Panama to Guatemala, Mexico.

HabitatDryland forests in northeast Brazil, and open calcareous woodland in the savannah, growing mainly in open places and secondary growth areas in well-drained, fertile, calcareous soils[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 Description Information on 350 species of Brazilian trees. Stunning photographs of each species, brief details on the plant, its uses and how to grow it from seed. A superb work, with the minor irritation that the translation from Portuguese is not of the best. ].