Fabaceae FAMILY

Calpocalyx dinklagei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calpocalyx dinklagei is an evergreen shrub or tree with a heavy crown; usually growing 6 - 15 metres tall, though up to 27 metres tall in Cameroon. The buttressed bole is more or less sinuous with lots of branches, it can be 6 - 25cm in diameter (up to 50cm in Cameroon)[ 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 local use as a food and medicine.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatEvergreen lowland forest, where it is sometimes very abundant, at elevations up to 200 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. ].