Fabaceae FAMILY

Eperua schomburgkiana

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Eperua schomburgkiana is an evergreen shrub or tree with a light, rounded or oval crown; it can grow from 5 - 36 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is basally swollen or has low buttresses; it can be unbranched for 12 - 18 metres and up to 80cm in diameter[ 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. , 383 Title A Monograph of the Genus Eperua. Publication Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. No. 28 Author Cowan. R.S. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington DC Year 1975 ISBN Description Number 28 in the 'Smithsonian Contributions to Botany' series, a very detailed monograph of the genus Eperua. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeNorthern S. America - Guyana, Surinam.

HabitatRiverine forest on sandy soils[ 383 Title A Monograph of the Genus Eperua. Publication Smithsonian Contributions to Botany. No. 28 Author Cowan. R.S. Publisher Smithsonian Institution Press; Washington DC Year 1975 ISBN Description Number 28 in the 'Smithsonian Contributions to Botany' series, a very detailed monograph of the genus Eperua. It can be downloaded in PDF format from the Internet. ].