Fabaceae FAMILY

Parkia platycephala

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Parkia platycephala is a semideciduous tree with a wide, dense, low crown and branches reaching almost down to the ground, growing 8 - 18 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 60cm 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 sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer plant when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northeast Brazil.

HabitatRainforest and dryland forest and their transition to savannah, mainly in open areas and secondary formations, favouring deep, well-drained soils, at elevations up to 900 metres[ 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. ].