Fabaceae FAMILY
Pithecellobium hymenaeifolium
Pithecellobium hymenaeifolium
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pithecellobium hymenaeifolium is a shrub or small tree, sometimes adopting a more scandent habit. It grows from 2 - 7 metres tall. A gum is obtained from the stems and the wood is sometimes used locally.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeNorthern S. America - Colombia, Venezuela, Central America - Panama, Belize, Guatemala to Mexico.
HabitatLow elevations in moist to dry forests[ 315 Title Flora of Barro Colorado Island Publication Author Croat. Thomas B. Website http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/croat/home Publisher Stanford University Press Year 1978 ISBN 0-8047-0950-5 Description A very good flora of an area in Panama. Written some years ago, so some of the names have been changed. The book is out of print, but the whole flora is now available on the web. , 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ].