Fabaceae FAMILY

Leptolobium nitens

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark has been used as an ingredient of the arrow poison 'curare'[ 630 Title Botanical Museum Leaflets Vol 28 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Harvard University; Cambridge, Mass. Year 1981 ISBN Description An article on the Ethnopharmacological uses of plants in northwestern S. America, amongst many other articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].

Botanical Description

Leptolobium nitens is a tree growing up to 15 metres tall[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use and as a source of timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Bolivia, Colombia, northern Brazil, Guyana, Surinam, Venezuela.

HabitatMarsh forest, along the sides of rivers and creeks, often on inundated ground[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. ].