Fabaceae FAMILY

Deguelia hatschbachii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Deguelia hatschbachii is an evergreen tree with a dense, tall, globose crown; it can grow 4 - 8 metres tall. The more or less crooked , cylindrical bole can be 15 - 30cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. A natural pioneer, it can be used when restoring native woodland or establishing a woodland garden. Very ornamental when in bloom, the tree can be used in landscaping[ 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 - eastern Brazil.

HabitatAtlantic rainforest, mainly in secondary formations but also found in dense, shady forest,, growing in alluvial soils near rivers, bases of slopes and on hilltops; favouring deep, moist, fertile, clay 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. , 1416 Title A synopsis of the genus Deguelia (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Millettieae) in Brazil Publication Brittonia, DOI 10.1007/s12228-013-9302-4 Author Camargo R.A. & Azevedo Tozzi A.M.G. Publisher Year 2013 ISBN 1938-436X Description ].