Fabaceae FAMILY

Daniellia thurifera

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Daniellia thurifera is a large tree growing up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be around 40cm in diameter[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 1361 Title Taxonomic Revision of Daniellia (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) Publication Systematic Botany (2010), 35(2): pp. 296-324 Author Manuel de la Estrella, Carlos Aedo, Barbara Mackinder, and M Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It yields a good quality timber and gum, which are traded internationally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Guinea Bissau to Togo, Nigeria, Congo.

HabitatEvergreen forest; scattered but sometimes abundant; hills, cliff along lagoon; gallery forest[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. Primary and secondary forest, riparian forest and grassy fields; at elevations from 10 - 380 metres[ 1361 Title Taxonomic Revision of Daniellia (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) Publication Systematic Botany (2010), 35(2): pp. 296-324 Author Manuel de la Estrella, Carlos Aedo, Barbara Mackinder, and M Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].