Fabaceae FAMILY

Ateleia glazioveana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

There are reports that the plant can be toxic to mammals.

Botanical Description

Ateleia glazioveana is a deciduous tree with a vase-shaped crown growing 8 - 18 metres tall. The bole can be 30 - 50cm 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, which is used locally mainly as a fuel. An excellent pioneer species that has high potential in reforestation schemes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatBroadleaved and Atlantic rainforest, usually in open areas and secondary growth, favouring moist soils and forest fringes[ 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. ].