Fabaceae FAMILY
Pictetia mucronata
Pictetia mucronata
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Pictetia mucronata is a shrub or a small tree that can grow from 3 - 15 metres tall. The erect trunk can be up to 15cm in diameter at the base[ 1327 Title Monograph of Pictetia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and Review of the Aeschynomeneae Publication Systematic Botany Monographs Vol 56 pp 1-93 1999 Author Beyra A.M. & Lavin M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25096650 Publisher American Society of Plant Taxonomists Year 1999 ISBN DOI: 10.2307/2509 Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeCaribbean - Cuba
HabitatMesophytic semideciduous forest, evergreen forest, coastal thicket and thorn scrub, often of secondary vegetation near pastures and cultivated fields, sometimes forming almost pure sands, on various soils including limestone and serpentine; to 300 m[ 1327 Title Monograph of Pictetia (Leguminosae-Papilionoideae) and Review of the Aeschynomeneae Publication Systematic Botany Monographs Vol 56 pp 1-93 1999 Author Beyra A.M. & Lavin M. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/25096650 Publisher American Society of Plant Taxonomists Year 1999 ISBN DOI: 10.2307/2509 Description ]