Sombreiro (Chão)

Scientific name: Clitoria fairchildiana

Postage (m): 3,50

DAP (cm): 5 a 8

Country of Origin: BRAZIL
Region: Amazonas, Pará, Maranhão and Tocantins, in the Atlantic rainforest.
Family: Papilionoideae

6-12m height, with short trunk coated thin shell and smooth.
Its wood can be used in construction, making toys and crates.
The tree provides great shade, besides presenting ornamental features. It's great for urban forestry and rural, to what is already being widely used in areas of the southeast and north.
Plant rough and fast growing, has a preference for moist soils and fértei. It blooms during the summer.

 

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