Machaerium acutifolium

Botanical Description

Machaerium acutifolium is a slow-growing, semi-deciduous shrub or a tree with a fairly open and irregular crown; it can grow from 2.5 - 18 metres tall. The cylindrical bole is 40 - 60cm 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. , 1528 Title Machaerium (Leguminosae, Papilionoideae, Dalbergieae) nos estados de Mato Grosso e Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil Publication Rodríguésia 62(1): 107-122. 2011 Author Polido C.A. & Sartori A.L.B. Publisher Year 2011 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood - it is sometimes cultivated as a medicinal plant by the native people of northern Brazil[ 317 Title Mansfeld's Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Plants Publication Author Website http://mansfeld.ipk-gatersleben.de/pls/htmldb_pgrc/f?p=185:3:4292127278597336 Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Terse details of a huge range of useful plants. ]. An ornamental tree, it can be used in landscaping, being especially useful for narrow streets[ 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. ].