Sapindaceae FAMILY

Matayba discolor

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Matayba discolor is a semideciduous tree with a low, open crown; it can grow 4 - 7 metres tall. The crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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 as a local source of fuel. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native coastal woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - eastern Brazil.

HabitatCoastal rainforest, mainly in open areas but also in more tree-covered sites; usually in dry places on very sandy soils that can be salty[ 625 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 3. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2009 ISBN 85-86714-34-4 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. ].