Pink Cedar (Acrocarpus fraxinifolius)

Family: Fabaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Acrocarpus fraxinifolius - Pink Cedar or Shingle Tree, is a large deciduous emergent tree that can reach 60m in the right conditions. Older trees have massive plank buttresses and the stem, light grey and thinly barked, can be over 75% free of branches. Thin horizontal branches. Bi-pinnate leaves with 3-4 compound leaves with 5-6 elliptical, lanceolate leaflets up to 10 cm long and bright red when young.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Leaves

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring

Flavor & Culinary Uses

None Known. — Harvested fresh in season according to PFAF botanical monograph.

Habitat & North American Range

Evergreen gallery forest. Montane rain forest and deciduous monsoon forest. Sparse forests at elevations of 1,000 - 1,200 metres in southern China. (Zone 10)