Fabaceae FAMILY

Deguelia costata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lonchocarpus costatus is a semideciduous plant that can grow as a shrub, a climbing shrub or as a tree. When growing as a climbing plant it can produce stems up to 48 metres long. When growing as a tree it has a pyramidal crown and a cylindrical bole that can be 20 - 30cm 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. Very ornamental, especially when in bloom, the tree can be used in landscaping being suitable for street and avenue planting[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatSemideciduous forest, Atlantic rainforest and dryland forest; growing mainly in the more open, secondary formations, favouring sloping land with a well-drained, fertile soil that is rich in calcium[ 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. ].