page_title: Geoffroea decorticans
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Geoffroea decorticans / Description
caption_attribution_description: Geoffroea decorticans flowers in detail
context_page_description: The Geoffroea decorticans or Chañar is a small tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is found in very arid places of southern South America. It is a deciduous tree that loses its leaves in winter with the cold and also in summer if it gets too dry.
context_section_description: The trunk of Geoffroea decorticans grows vertically when grows alone but the plant looks like a shrub when it grows inside the forest. The tree grows up to 3–10 m (9.8–32.8 ft) tall.
  The trunk could have up to 40 cm (16 in) in diameter, with yellow bark that peels off, revealing the underneath young green bark. The plant has many branches and many leaves, and the tree have a rounded look in its upper part.
  The flowers are very visible, small, papery and yellow-coloured. The tree produces flowers in spring (September to October, in the Southern hemisphere), either singly or in groups ("clusters)", and produces fruits from November to January.
  Geoffroea decorticans is unique among legumes in that it produces fleshy, oval pods that hold a single seed. Fruits are initially green but turn deep orange as they mature.
caption: Flowers of Geoffroea decorticans
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