Fabaceae FAMILY

Hymenolobium mesoamericanum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hymenolobium mesoamericanum is a deciduous tree that can grow from 10 - 40 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be up to 90cm in diameter[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. , 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is a good quality construction timber that is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeC. America - Panama, Costa Rica, Panama.

HabitatAn emergent tree of lowland gallery forests, or left uncut in pastureland when the forest has been cleared; at elevations from 50 - 300 metres[ 485 Title Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Vol 75 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden: Boston. Year 1988 ISBN Description Contains, amongst other things, an article on the flora of Tanzania, a treatment of the genus Xyris and one for the Panamanian Boraginaceae. It can be downloaded from the internet. ]. Wet or very wet humid forests[ 333 Title Tree Species of Panama Publication Author Website http://ctfs.arnarb.harvard.edu/webatlas/mainframe.php?order=s Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Factsheets on all the tree and shrub species of Panama, giving identification guide, brief guide to the species and some uses. A vast, but rather incomplete work as of 15/07/09. ].