| General Description | Deciduous tree native to south America, its size depends on the environment it is found varying between 3-30 m of height and, with twice pinnately compound leaves and legume like fruit. |
| ID Characteristic | A deciduous tree native to Brazil from the fabaceae (Mimosoidae – Leguminosae) family, therefore with a legume like fruit, its seeds look like black wood “coins”. Also, very famous on landscape design for its clusters of with and yellowish flowers and it blooms and its twice pinnately compound leaves. |
| Shape | Vertical low growing with not too many branches. |
| Landscape | Anadenanthera colubrina has range of useful usages and is very popular as a feature because of its clusters of white yellowish blooms and its light green twice pinnately compound leaves. It is one of the native trees that is used to restore national park reserves plus, as mentioned before, is very famous for its landscape feature usage, parks and streets, also, people from small cities and villages would use its bark to make sculptures and sell it. |
| Propagation | The main method is by seed (not too efficient). They should be sown in December in order to grow through the summer season, also, seed germination is more likely to happen, and seed is sink in water for breaking the dormancy and then planted. Very Hard to propagate by cuttings. |
| Cultivation | Seed germinate in wet and dark conditions. It grows well in dry sandy soil but can also be planted in high organic material soils, partial sun is preferred; 50% of sun is the best scenario and never full sun. Plant should be planted in the spring or summer. |
| Pests | No notable pests or diseases. |
| Notable Specimens | Angico plant specimens can be found as a landscape plant at Brazil’s capital; Brasilia, more specific at “asa norte, Distrito Federal”. |
| Habitat | Native to South America it grows naturally under H1a to H3 RHS hardiness zones, mostly common in high altitude savannas and semi-tropical forest. |
| Bark/Stem Description | Gray bark in the outside part and orange inside, bark usually overlap itself forming cracks and very wrinkle and branches are smooth when adult. Bark as bulbs when young, steams are usually found at the very top of the canopy. |
| Leaf Description | Leaves are twice pinnately compounded, alternated with 20 to 80 pairs of leaflets, they are ridge and are 4-6 mm long. |
| Flower Description | Blooms in the dry season, “flower heads are heteromorphic, with staminate flower at the base and perfect flower at the apex of the inflorescence”. Flowers are white yellowish. |
| Fruit Description | Anadenanthera colubrina has a legume like fruit (mimosoideae sub family), dry, flat and curvy, with a dark brown colour, its length can vary from 13,5 to 39,50 mm and its width from 2,03 and 2,44. Its seeds are kept inside it, they are “coin” like dark reddish seeds and can vary from 0,16 to 046 cm. |
| Colour Description | Leaf colour remains the same until it drops, nice white yellowish colour during the bloom season. Bark has the same colour during the role season and plant life, white/grey exterior and orange interior. |
| Texture Description | Coarse textured plant. Texture does not change during the season. |