Prioria oxyphylla

Botanical Description

Prioria oxyphylla is an evergreen tree with a crown of stout branches; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 15 - 35 metres, from 40 - 130cm in diamete, often with slight buttresses at the baser[ 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/ , 898 Title A Revision of Prioria, including Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma and Pterygopodium (Leguminosae - Caesa Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 99-3 Author Breteler F.J. Publisher Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands. Year 1999 ISBN 90-5782-045-5 Description A treatment of the genus Prioria (Fabaceae), uniting the genera Gossweilerodendron, Kingiodendron, Oxystigma and Pterygopodium under Prioria. ]. The tree is said to be one of the most magnificent species in the African forests[ 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/ ]. It is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded, and also for local use of its resin.