Dalbergia miscolobium

{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Fabaceae}}

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|image=Dalbergia miscolobium 1 João de Deus Medeiros.jpg

|image_caption=Flowers are a very dark purple

|image2=Flickr - João de Deus Medeiros - Dalbergia miscolobium.jpg

|image2_caption=Seed pods

|genus=Dalbergia

|species=miscolobium

|authority=Benth.

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|synonyms=

  • Amerimnon violaceum {{small|(Vogel) Kuntze}}
  • Dalbergia violacea {{small|(Vogel) Malme}}
  • Miscolobium nigrum {{small|Mart.}}
  • Miscolobium violaceum {{small|Vogel}}

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Dalbergia miscolobium is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to seasonally dry tropical areas of Bolivia and Brazil.{{cite POWO |id=313061-2 |title=Dalbergia miscolobium Benth. |access-date=6 November 2022 }} A slow-growing evergreen tree reaching {{cvt|16|m}}, it is considered "very ornamental" due to its light, bluish-green leaves.{{cite web |url=https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Dalbergia+miscolobium |title=Useful Tropical Plants – Dalbergia miscolobium Benth. Fabaceae |last1=Fern |first1=Ken |date=20 July 2022 |website=tropical.theferns.info |publisher=Tropical Plants Database |access-date=6 November 2022 }} It is used as a street tree in a number of Brazilian cities.{{cite journal |title=The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities |year=2020 |last1=Ossola |first1=Alessandro |last2=Hoeppner |first2=Malin J. |last3=Burley |first3=Hugh M. |last4=Gallagher |first4=Rachael V. |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Leishman |first6=Michelle R. |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=29 |issue=11 |pages=1907–1914 |doi=10.1111/geb.13169 |bibcode=2020GloEB..29.1907O |s2cid=225429443 }}

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