Fabaceae FAMILY

Enterolobium timbouva

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Enterolobium timbouva is a deciduous tree with a very wide, dense, low crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The short, cylindrical bole can be 80 - 140cm 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 local use of its wood. It can be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland and also provides an excellent shade, so is used in urban landscaping and in pastures[ 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 - Paraguay, central, eastern and northern Brazil.

HabitatSemideciduous forest and its transition to savannah, found mainly in the more open, secondary formations and also as an isolated plant in pastures, favouring well-drained, clayey 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. ].