Fabaceae FAMILY

Sweetia fruticosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Sweetia fruticosa is a deciduous tree with a large, very open, globose crown; it can grow 10 - 18 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm 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 is harvested from the wild for its durable wood and for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest and broadleaved semideciduous forests, almost exclusively in dense primary formations and seemingly indifferent to the physical condition of the soil[ 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. ].