Luetzelburgia bahiensis

Botanical Description

Luetzelburgia bahiensis can be a deciduous shrub that is profusely branched from the base and growing around 1.5 metres tall, or can becom a tree with a globose crown that can grow 4 - 10 metres tall. The short bole, often with branches down to ground level, can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. Very ornamental when in flower, it has been recommended for urban landscaping in semi-arid areas[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 ].