Pictetia obcordata

Botanical Description

Pictetia obcordata is a large shrub to a slender-trunked tree that can grow from 2 - 8 metres tall[ 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 ]. We lack specific information, but this species is probably harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to make an effective intruder-proof hedge.