Fabaceae FAMILY
Zygia latifolia
Zygia latifolia
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Zygia latifolia is an evergreen shrub or tree with a low, dense, rounded crown; it can grow 4 - 6 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeS. America - Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guyanas; C. America - Panama to southern Mexico; Caribbean.
HabitatAtlantic rainforest, mainly in open and secondary growth areas, often growing in moist soils on floodplains[ 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. ].