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Fabaceae FAMILY

Daniellia ogea

Daniellia ogea

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Daniellia ogea is a large deciduous tree that can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 20 - 30 metres, around 125cm in diameter and with very short, rounded buttresses at the base[ 316 Title Tropical Timbers of the World. Ag. Handbook No. 607. Publication Author Chudnoff. Martin. Publisher USDA Forest Service. Wisconsin. Year 1984 ISBN Description Terse details on the properties of the wood of almost 400 species of trees from the Tropics. , 1355 Title Plants of the World online Publication Author Website http://powo.science.kew.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line database giving detailed descriptions of almost 40,000 species of plants (as of 2018), almost 25,000 images and a list of almost 850,000 plant names. A truly excellent resource and still growing. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of timber and gum, the timber is also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Senegal to Gabon.
Habitatsemideciduous forest, high forest and near water sources; at elevations from 10 - 800 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 ].