Cenostigma tocantinum

Botanical Description

Cenostigma tocantinum is an evergreen tree with a very dense, wide, oval crown; it can grow 4 - 20 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 20 - 35cm 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 yields a useful timber and so is often harvested from the wild. It is also the source of a dye and can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland or establishing a woodland garden. An ornamental tree, both for its floral display and also for its interesting trunk, it is often used as a street tree in Brazil, being especially planted in bus stations[ 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. ].