Fabaceae FAMILY

Platysepalum violaceum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Platysepalum violaceum is a shrub or a small lax tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 15 metres tall. The bole can be 8 - 20cm in diameter[ 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. , 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatDense, primary forests and also in the more open, secondary formations; gallery forests; on firm ground and also in marshy soils; forest margins, secondary thickets; at elevations from 400 - 800 metres[ 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. ].