Fabaceae FAMILY

Cenostigma pluviosum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cenostigma pluviosum is a very variable tree with several recognized subspecies. In Brazil it is a semideciduous tree with a dense drown, growing 8 - 16 metres tall. The usually crooked bole can be 30 - 40cm in diameter with a thick, exfoliating bark[ 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 form in Bolivia can be much larger, with a straight, cylindrical bole that can be unbranched for 20 metres[ 363 Title Technical Information on 134 Species of Bolivian Woods Publication Author USDA Forest Service -- Forest Products Lab Website http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/publications/ Publisher USDA Forest Service Year 0 ISBN Description A PDF file, available for download. Exactly what the title says, brief and to the point. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally. It has an ornamental crown and is often used in urban planting in southern Brazil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatRainforests, where it can occur in both primary dense forest and in more open formations; also found in savannah land in well drained soils and in the Pantanal, where it is subject to seasonal flooding[ 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. ].