Malvaceae FAMILY

Luehea paniculata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Luehea paniculata is a deciduous tree with an elongate, sparse crown; it can grow 6 - 12 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 40 - 60cm 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 is harvested from the wild for its wood and fibre. It can be used as a pioneer species when restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatSavannah forests and semideciduous broadleaved forests, mainly on well-drained, clayey, fertile soils[ 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. ].