Fabaceae FAMILY

Platymiscium pubescens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Platymiscium pubescens can be deciduous or semi-deciduous depending on the length of the dry season. It grows from 10 - 15 metres tall with a dense, compact, globose crown. The more or less cylindrical bole can be 40 - 70cm 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 produces a good quality wood and is commonly harvested from the wild, mainly for local use. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland and is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 904 Title Ptatymiscium (Leguminosae: Dalbergieae): Biogeography Systematics, Morphology, Taxonomy and Uses. Publication Kew Bulletin Vol. 60 No. 3 pp.321 - 400 Author Kitgaard B.B. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 2005 ISBN Description A revision of the genus Platymiscium. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, in both dense, primary formations and the more open, secondary growth areas; favouring well-drained soils on gentle slopes[ 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. ].