Fabaceae FAMILY

Centrolobium robustum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Centrolobium robustum is a deciduous tree with a wide, rounded crown; it can grow 15 - 30 metres tall. The straight bole can be 50 - 80cm in diameter, usually buttressed[ 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. , 958 Title Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences Vol. 44 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Washington Academy of Sciences; Baltimore Year 1954 ISBN Description A botanical journal with a range of articles, including one on the genus Centrolobium. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. A very popular quality timber in Brazil, where it is commonly harvested from the wild and used to make fine furniture etc.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatSlopes in the Atlantic rainforest, especially in secondary formations such as old, cleared fields[ 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. ].