Fabaceae FAMILY

Peltogyne floribunda

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Peltogyne floribunda is a semideciduous tree with an umbrella-shaped, heavy crown growing up to 35 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is buttressed at the base; it can be up to 90cm in diameter and unbranched for up to 25 metres[ 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. ]. This species is a major source of 'purpleheart' wood. With its purple colour, this is one of the most, distinctive and expensive woods of tropical America. It is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and export.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana; Caribbean - Trinidad and Tobago.

HabitatA canopy tree, it occurs principally on moist, hard, red clay soils, though it also succeeds in dry sites[ 378 Title Present and Potential Commercial Timbers of the Caribbean Publication USDA Agricultural Handbook No. 207 Author Longwood.F.R. Publisher USDA Forest Service; Washington, DC. Year 1962 ISBN Description Quite detailed information on more than 60 species of Caribbean timber trees, giving species descriptions, habitat, detailed info on the wood and some info on other uses. Available for download on the internet. ].