Swartzia amplifolia Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Swartzia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 7m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Open dry patches, or along the margins of forests at elevations around 150 metres. Dense rainforest, and also the more open, secondary formations, often along rivers, usually at low elevations, but to 2,100 metres in Colombia.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Swartzia amplifolia world distribution map, present in American Samoa, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru

Conservation status

Swartzia amplifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:246570-2
WFO ID wfo-0000164089
COL ID 7B5QR
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Swartzia amplifolia Swartzia amplifolia var. amplifolia

Lower taxons

Swartzia amplifolia var. colombiana Swartzia amplifolia var. rigida