Fabaceae FAMILY

Gleditsia amorphoides

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Gleditsia amorphoides is a deciduous tree with a dense, but smallish, roundish crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The straight bole, which can be 30 - 60cm in diameter, is heavily armed with many-branched spines that can be more than 10cm long[ 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 its useful gum and timber. The gum is used locally and also harvested on a commercial basis for use in the food industry. The plant is sometimes grown for its gum and is also used as a boundary marker and living fence.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatGallery forests, in both dense, primary formations and also in more open areas of secondary growth, favouring deep, fertile soils near rivers[ 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. ].