Fabaceae FAMILY

Bauhinia longifolia

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bauhinia longifolia is a semideciduous tree with a more or less roundish and sparse crown; it can grow 4 - 7 metres tall. The bole is slightly crooked. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. A small tree with rapid growth, it can be used as a street tree, especially in narrow streets and under power lines[ 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 - central and eastern Brazil, Bolivia, Peru.

HabitatBroadleaved, semideciduous forests and savannahs, favouring more open, secondary formations in fertile, 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. ].