Fabaceae FAMILY

Acosmium lentiscifolium

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Acosmium lentiscifolium is a semideciduous tree with a dense, low, rounded crown; it can grow 8 - 16 metres tall. The almost cylindrical bole can be 35 - 55cm in diameter with a corky bark[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic and coastal rainforests[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].