Fabaceae FAMILY

Amphimas pterocarpoides

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Amphimas pterocarpoides is a large deciduous tree growing up to 45 metres tall[ 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. ]. The tree is often exploited in the wild for its timber, and is also used in traditional medicine[ 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. ]. The wood can be found on a very small scale as veneer in Europe, under the name 'white wenge', but it is now mainly used locally in Africa[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea east to DR Congo and Sudan, and south to northern Gabon.

HabitatFound in different types of forest, from dense evergreen forest to deciduous forest, sometimes also in secondary forest and bush fallow[ 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. ]. It may become common in agricultural land as the trees are difficult to fell[ 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. ].