Eurypetalum tessmannii

Botanical Description

Eurypetalum tessmannii is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall. The bole can be up to 90cm in diameter, often with many upright sprouts at the base or several boles together, with buttresses, and sometimes with aerial roots[ 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. , 1455 Title Révision du genre Eurypetalum Harms (Fabaceae, Caesalpinioideae) Publication Adansonia, sér. 3, 29 (1) : 67-76, 2007 Author Diosdado Obiang-Mbomio, Franciscus J. Breteler Publisher Year 2007 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood and dyestuff. There is no precise data about population status, abundance and trends at present but the species appears in several reports, checklists and papers, suggesting that E. tessmannii is present in its natural range and it is quite widespread. The plant is classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].