Fabaceae FAMILY

Macrolobium angustifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Macrolobium angustifolium is a tree usually growing 4 - 9 metres tall[ 1529 Title Macrolobium Schreb. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) na Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Pará, Brasil Publication Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 8(1): 75-93. 2012 Author Félix-Da-Silva, M.M., M.N.C. Bastos & E.S.C. Gurgel Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ], with reports of trees up to 30 metres[ 922 Title Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana Publication Tropenbos-Guyana Series 8a Author van Andel T.R. Publisher Tropenbos-Guyana Programme; Georgetown, Guyana Year 2000 ISBN 90-393-2536-7 Description A very detailed study of the peoples and the plants they use, it includes a field guide to almost 500 species of useful plants. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine, and also for its good quality wood, which is traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas

HabitatCommon in swamp forest on pegasse[ 922 Title Non-timber forest products of the North-West District of Guyana Publication Tropenbos-Guyana Series 8a Author van Andel T.R. Publisher Tropenbos-Guyana Programme; Georgetown, Guyana Year 2000 ISBN 90-393-2536-7 Description A very detailed study of the peoples and the plants they use, it includes a field guide to almost 500 species of useful plants. ]. Along the sides of rivers and in lower and wetland areas[ 1529 Title Macrolobium Schreb. (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) na Floresta Nacional de Caxiuanã, Pará, Brasil Publication Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais 8(1): 75-93. 2012 Author Félix-Da-Silva, M.M., M.N.C. Bastos & E.S.C. Gurgel Publisher Year 2012 ISBN Description ].