Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia laurentii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Brachystegia laurentii is an evergreen tree with a very broad, dense crown; it can grow 18 - 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 25 metres, 80 - 150cm in diameter with insignificant buttresses[ 848 Title Tropix 7 Publication Author Website http://tropix.cirad.fr/en Publisher CIRAD Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR Congo.

HabitatSemi-deciduous dry primary plateau forests on clay soils; dry forest on mountain slopes; riversides; locally common near water; very gregarious[ 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. ].