Luetzelburgia auriculata
Luetzelburgia auriculata
Safety & Hazards
The pant is not recommended for honey production because of its toxicity[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]. At the start of the rainy season, the leaves are reported to be toxic to cattle[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]. A recently published study demonstrated that samaras are responsible for poisoning outbreaks in goats[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ].
Botanical Description
Luetzelburgia auriculata is a deciduous tree growing up to 10 metres tall, though it is sometimes no more than a shrub 1.5 - 2.5 metres tall[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild as a source of materials, and has occasionally been used in times of need as an emergency food. The flowers of Luetzelburgia species appear en masse before the plant comes into leaf, making the floral display quite conspicuous and colourful, giving the genus a potential ornamental value[ 1521 Title A taxonomic revision of the South American papilionoid genus Luetzelburgia (Fabaceae) Publication Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014 , 175 , 328-375 Author Domingos Venício Oliveira Silva Cardoso; Luciano Paganucci D Publisher Year 2014 ISBN Description ]. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].