Fabaceae FAMILY Least Concern

Luetzelburgia guaissara

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Luetzelburgia guaissara is a deciduous or semideciduous tree with a dense, globose crown; it can grow 5 - 22 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 50 - 70cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 yields a very decorative wood and so is much sought after for cabinet making. Although rarely planted, this is a very ornamental tree with its globose crown and shiny dark leaves - it is suitable for general landscaping and street planting[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - southern and eastern Brazil.

HabitatBroadleaved semideciduous dry forests in both dense primary formations and in more open secondary growth, favouring higher, well-drained land[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. , 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ].