Fabaceae FAMILY

Pterocarpus rohrii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pterocarpus rohrii is an evergreen tree with a dense, vase-shaped crown growing 8 - 14 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 30 - 50cm 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 local use as a medicine and source of wood. It can be used as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland and establishing woodland gardens. An ornamental tree, valued for its shiny foliage and attractive, but short-lived blooms, it is used in landscaping and for planting along streets[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana; C. America - Panama to Mexico.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, where it is found in both dense primary formations and also in more open, secondary growth; favouring sloping ground but 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. ].