Fabaceae FAMILY

Elizabetha speciosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Elizabetha speciosa is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a sparse, irregular crown; it can grow 4 - 7 metres tall. The bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 has no recorded uses, though it could be employed as fuel. Considered to be one of the most ornamental trees of the Amazon, valued both for its foliage and its floral display, it can be used in landscaping in partially shaded situations[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 - northern Brazil.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the Amazon rainforest, found in both areas subject to seasonal inundation and those that remain unflooded; favouring clay soils[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].