Fabaceae FAMILY

Machaerium isadelphum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Machaerium isadelphum is a spiny plant varying in habit from a climbing plant to a shrub or small tree. It usually grows from 3 - 10 metres tall, with a bole 5 - 30cm in diameter[ 461 Title Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil Publication Author Correa M.P. Publisher Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro Year 1926 ISBN Description A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants. , 1526 Title The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae:Dalbergieae) in Ecuador Publication Brittonia, 58(2), 2006 , pp. 124-150 Author Lozano P. & Klitgaard B.B. Website http://10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[124:TGMLPD]2.0.CO;2 Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. The plant is very ornamental when in flower, at which time it can be seen from quite a distance[ 461 Title Diccionario das Plantas Uteis do Brasil Publication Author Correa M.P. Publisher Imprensa Nacional; Rio de Janeiro Year 1926 ISBN Description A massive work in 6 volumes giving details of the various uses of Brazilian plants. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Peru, north through Central America to Mexico; Caribbean - Trinidad and Topbago

HabitatMoist or dry thickets or forest, often along stream banks, sometimes in pine forest, at elevations up to 1,200 metres[ 331 Title Flora of Guatemala Publication Author Standley P.C. & J. A. Steyermark Website http://www.archive.org/ Publisher Year 1946 - 1976 ISBN Description A superb reference, though somewhat dated. Gives lots of plant uses as well as information on plant habit and habitat. The entire flora (13 volumes) can now be downloaded from http://www.archive.org/ ]. Non-inundated habitats and along river banks, in rain forest, coastal dry forest and dry inter Andean valleys[ 1526 Title The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae:Dalbergieae) in Ecuador Publication Brittonia, 58(2), 2006 , pp. 124-150 Author Lozano P. & Klitgaard B.B. Website http://10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[124:TGMLPD]2.0.CO;2 Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description ]