Category
Legumes

Use

Rank	Class
	Food and Beverages
	Pharmaceutical
	Cosmetics
1	Health and Functional Products
	Fodder/Animal feed
	Fibre, Fuel and Building
	Ornamental
	Environmental
	Other

1. Very relevant
5. Not very relevant

Place of Origin
Mexico and south to Peru and Ecuador, at low elevation, in low deciduous forests

Places and Types of Utilization
Gum can be harvested from this tree.

Projects on Cercidium praecox:

• Underutilized Plants and Breeds in the South American Chaco Region

Click on these links to get more info on the selected species

• Ecoport
• Purdue
• http://treesource.angelnco.com/cercidium_praecox.htm
• http://www.cababstractsplus.org/google/abstract.asp?AcNo=20053040358