Common Name
Brown heart, Cabbage tree, Bastard mahogany, Bay seed, River almond
Family
FABACEAE
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Trees Tree-like Palms & Bamboos
Spanish Name
Almendro de montaña
- Grows up to 30m tall in forests or edges, nearby creeks.
- The bark is a powerful anthelmintic, narcotic, purgative and vermifuge
- The inner bark is used to treat snake bite. A decoction of the leaves is used as a beverage
- Pollinated mainly by honeybees and native stingless bees and seeds dispersed mainly by bats. PROPAGATION: Seed the large, hard seeds need to be scarified before planting