Fabaceae FAMILY

Peltogyne confertiflora

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Peltogyne confertiflora is a deciduous tree with a dense, globose grown, usually growing 10 - 20 metres tall in forests but smaller in savannahs. The straight, 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 high quality wood is harvested from the wild.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern, central and northern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatSemi-deciduous forests to savannahs, usually in deep, well-drained, clayey soils of good fertility[ 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. ].