Fabaceae FAMILY

Piptadenia stipulacea

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Piptadenia stipulacea is a spiny, deciduous shrub or small tree with a small, rounded crown; it can grow 3 - 5 metres tall. The short, crooked bole can be 15 - 25cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. An excellent pioneer species, it can be used for restoring native woodland or for establishing woodland gardens.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeS. America - northeastern Brazil.

HabitatSemi-arid forests, in both the more dense, primary formations and also in more open areas, along roadsides etc[ 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. ].