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Terminalia fagifolia
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Terminalia fagifolia

Terminalia fagifolia

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Terminalia fagifolia is a semideciduous tree with a dense, longish or pyramidal crown; it can grow 5 - 10 metres tall. The short, usually cylindrical bole can be 30 - 50cm 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 its good quality wood, which is used locally, It has an ornamental crown and could be used in landscaping[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - central and northeastern Brazil, Bolivia.
HabitatDryland forest, savannah and wooded savannah, found mainly in secondary formations and near rivers where the land does not become seasonally inundated, favouring deep, fertile, well-drained soils[ 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. ].