Haematoxylum campechianum

Botanical Description

Haematoxylum campechianum is a slow-growing, small, bushy, semi-deciduous tree with a broad crown; it can grow up to 15 metres tall, but is usually smaller[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. It is often thorny and gnarled in appearance; the bole irregularly fluted and contorted, attaining a length of 2 - 3 metres and a diameter of 60cm[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ]. The tree is valued particularly as a source of dye material, but is also often used locally as a medicine and source of wood. It is cultivated as a dye plant in several tropical countries of the Americas, Africa and elsewhere, and has become naturalized in some places[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. Jamaica has been, for a long time, the main centre of wood production[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. It is occasionally cultivated as hedge plant and may be grown in gardens as a hedge, or as an ornamental, where it is valued for its delicate foliage and fragrant flowers[ 303 Title World Agroforesty Centre Publication Author Website http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc. ].