Fabaceae FAMILY

Machaerium opacum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Machaerium opacum is a deciduous tree with an open, elongate crown; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter with a very thick, corky bark[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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 its wood, which is used locally. It can be used as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and central Brazil.

HabitatSavannah and woodland savannah; favouring well-drained, clayey soils of moderate fertility[ 420 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 2. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-15-1 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. ].