Fabaceae FAMILY

Tachigali rubiginosa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tachigali rubiginosa is a semideciduous tree with a roundish and more or less dense crown; it can grow 5 - 10 metres tall. The usually crooked bole is more or less cylindrical, around 30 - 50cm 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 produces a very good timber that makes an excellent fuel and charcoal. It is commonly harvested from the wild for local use. The tree can also be used as a pioneer when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - central and eastern Brazil.

HabitatSavannah, wooded savannah and semideciduous forests, favouring well-drained terrains at elevations above 800 metres[ 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. ].