Fabaceae FAMILY

Piptadenia gonoacantha

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piptadenia gonoacantha is a slightly spiny, semideciduous tree with an open, ellipsoid crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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, which is said to be one of the best tree fuels in Brazil. A fast growing pioneer species, it is an excellent choice in reforestation programmes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, southern, eastern and northeastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, most commonly along the coastal plain, favouring open and secondary growth areas, growing in both rich and poor soils[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].