Fabaceae FAMILY

Exostyles venusta

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Exostyles venusta is a semideciduous shrub or a tree with an elongate crown; it can grow from 3 - 20 metres tall. The straight bole can be 20 - 30cm 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. , 1853 Title A Revision of the Genus Exostyles Schott (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 59, No. 4 (2004), pp. 521-529 Author Mansano V.de F. & Lewis G.P. Publisher Year 2004 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food and also for its wood. With its ornamental foliage, the tree can be used for general landscaping[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAn understorey tree in dense, primary formations of the Atlantic and coastal rainforests, growing on 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. , 1853 Title A Revision of the Genus Exostyles Schott (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae) Publication Kew Bulletin, Vol. 59, No. 4 (2004), pp. 521-529 Author Mansano V.de F. & Lewis G.P. Publisher Year 2004 ISBN Description ].