Fabaceae FAMILY

Holocalyx balansae

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The branches and leaves are toxic[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Holocalyx balansae is a slow-growing, evergreen tree with a dense, rounded crown; it can grow 15 - 25 metres tall. The short bole is fluted and 50 - 80cm 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. , 588 Title A Taxonomic Reappraisal of the South American genus Holocalyx Publication Author Mansano V. De F.; Publisher The New York Botanical Garden Press; New York. Year 2010 ISBN Description A paper published in Brittonia 62(2) and released on the Internet as a PDF. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. A very ornamental tree, providing a good shade[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil, Bolivia.

HabitatMoist forests or along river margins of the Cerrado domain and in some areas of the seasonally dry tropical forests[ 588 Title A Taxonomic Reappraisal of the South American genus Holocalyx Publication Author Mansano V. De F.; Publisher The New York Botanical Garden Press; New York. Year 2010 ISBN Description A paper published in Brittonia 62(2) and released on the Internet as a PDF. ]. Dense forests[ 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. ].