Hildegardia erythrosiphon

Botanical Description

Hildegardia erythrosiphon is a tree with a globose crown; it can grow 10 - 20 metres tall. The bole is swollen, it can be up to 150cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its lightweight timber, which is mainly used locally. The plant may be a good substitute for balsa wood (Ochroma pyramidale) especially for insulation purposes and modelling[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ]. Although the distribution area of this species in Madagascar is rather large, it may be endangered by overgrazing and habitat destruction. It is not, however, included in the IUCN Red list of threatened species[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. ].