Fabaceae FAMILY
Parkia discolor
Parkia discolor
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Parkia discolor is an evergreen tree with a wide, dense crown growing 10 - 15 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 30 - 40cm 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - northern Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela.
HabitatAmazon rainforest, growing in open areas on the flood plain, often in poor, white, sandy soils[ 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. ].