Fabaceae FAMILY

Machaerium floribundum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Machaerium floribundum is a thorny, scrambling or climbing, evergreen shrub, or a tree, usually growing from 6 - 40 metres tall and often reaching up into the canopy of tall trees. The bole can be 8 - 30cm in diameter[ 501 Title Contributions from the United States National Herbarium Vol. 20 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Smithsonian Institute; Washington. Year 1925 ISBN Description A botanical journal, it includes a monograph on the American species of the genus Rinorea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1526 Title The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae:Dalbergieae) in Ecuador Publication Brittonia, 58(2), 2006 , pp. 124-150 Author Lozano P. & Klitgaard B.B. Website http://10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[124:TGMLPD]2.0.CO;2 Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico.

HabitatSwamp forest and along the sides of rivers; at elevations from sea level to 800 metres, occasionally to 1,200 metres[ 422 Title Fruits of the Guianan Flora Publication Author van Roosmalen. M.G.M. Publisher Institute of Systematic Boyany, Utrecht University; Netherlands. Year 1985 ISBN 90-9000988-4 Description Terse descriptions of over 1,700 species from the Guianas that bear fruits - not necessarily edible! Often mentions if the fruit is edible, plus gives brief description of habit and habitat. , 955 Title Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden Vol. 10 Publication Author Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher New York Botanical Garden; New York. Year 1958 ISBN Description A botanical journal this volume looks mainly at the flora of the Guayana Highlands. It can be downloaded from the Internet. , 1526 Title The genus Machaerium (Leguminosae: Papilionoideae:Dalbergieae) in Ecuador Publication Brittonia, 58(2), 2006 , pp. 124-150 Author Lozano P. & Klitgaard B.B. Website http://10.1663/0007-196X(2006)58[124:TGMLPD]2.0.CO;2 Publisher Year 2006 ISBN Description ].