Fabaceae FAMILY

Didelotia africana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Didelotia africana is an evergreen tree; it can grow up to 35 metres tall. The straight bole can be free of branches for up to 25 metres and up to 100cm 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - southern Nigeria, ?Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

HabitatNear or on the banks of lakes or small rivers in evergreen rain-forest; damp soil with Parkia bicolor, Garcinia, Pycnanthus angolense, Uapaca in high 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. ].