Native to
Region
Latin America
Coffee Agroforestry Information
Tree Benefits and Uses
- Firewood
- Lumber
- Ornamental
- Product
- Coffee Shade
- Soil Improvement
- Erosion Control
- Reforestation
- Nitrogen Fixation
Erosion Control: protects the surrounding soil from soil erosion
Reforestation: a fast-growing pioneer tree and can be used in mixed plantations to recover degraded areas
Citations
Schizolobium parahyba. CABI Compendium at https://doi.org/10.1079/cabicompendium.48989;
Plants of the World Online POWO (2022), Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org;
Schizolobium parahyba. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (2022). Published on the Internet: https://panamabiota.org/stri/taxa/index.php?taxon=Schizolobium+parahyba&formsubmit=Search+Terms;
Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2022-07-13. tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Schizolobium+parahyba;
Mendoza, A. L. M., & Guerrero, M. H. (2010). Catálogo de los árboles y afines de la Selva Central del Perú. Arnaldoa, 17, 203-242.;
Solis R, Vallejos-Torres G, Arévalo L, Marín-Díaz J, Ñique-Alvarez M, Engedal T, Bruun TB (2020). Carbon stocks and the use of shade trees in different coffee growing systems in the Peruvian Amazon. The Journal of Agricultural Science 1–11. https:// doi.org/10.1017/S002185962000074X