Fabaceae FAMILY

Machaerium paraguariense

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Machaerium paraguariense is a semideciduous shrub or a tree with a dense, globose crown; it can grow from 2 - 20 metres tall. The short bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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 for its wood, which is used locally. A good pioneer species, it can be used for restoring woodland in areas where the soil is dry and of poor quality.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, southern, central and eastern Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatSemideciduous broadleaved forest and altitude forest, growing mainly in open and secondary growth areas, favouring well-drained, stony soils[ 419 Title Brazilian Trees. Volume 1. 4th Edition. Publication Author Lorenzi. H. Publisher Instituto Plantarum De Estudos Da Flora; Brazil. Year 2002 ISBN 85-86714-17-8 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. ].