Fabaceae FAMILY

Pityrocarpa moniliformis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pityrocarpa moniliformis is a deciduous tree with a fairly open, roundish crown; it can grow 4 - 9 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 20 - 30cm in diameter[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. A natural and very effective pioneer species, it can be used to restore native woodland and establish woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern and northeastern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest and dryland forest, growing mainly in secondary formations and open areas, favouring fertile, alluvial soils, often with a high content of silica[ 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. ].