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Useful Tropical Plants

Didelotia africana

Baill.

Fabaceae

+ Synonyms

Common Name:

Didelotia africana
Drawing of the leaves and flowers
Photograph by: Adansonia, vol. 5: t. 8 (1865) [A. Faguet]
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General Information

Didelotia africana is an evergreen tree; it can grow up to 35 metres tall. The straight bole can be free of branches for up to 25 metres and up to 100cm in diameter[
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.
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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/
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The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also exported.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

West tropical Africa - southern Nigeria, ?Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

Habitat

Near or on the banks of lakes or small rivers in evergreen rain-forest; damp soil with Parkia bicolor, Garcinia, Pycnanthus angolense, Uapaca in high forest[
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.
].

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height25.00 m

Cultivation Details



Although many species within the family Fabaceae have a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, this species is said to be devoid of such a relationship and therefore does not fix atmospheric nitrogen[
755
Title
Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en
Publisher
United States Department of Agriculture
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The heartwood is pink-orangey to yellow, sometimes with greenish-brown veins, it is clearly demarcated from the 5 - 10cm wide band of yellowish-white sapwood. The texture is coarse; the grain interlocked; there is a strong odour from unseasoned wood. The wood is light to moderately heavy, soft to moderately hard; it is somewhat durable, being resistant to dry wood borers, a little resistant to fungi and susceptible to termites. It seasons normally with only a slight risk of checking or distortion; once dry it is moderately stable in service. It can be worked with ordinary tools, though these need to be kept very sharp in order to obtain a good finish on interlocked grains; nailing and screwing are good; gluing is correct. The wood has a range of uses, including for light carpentry, furniture, boxes and crates, joinery, interior panelling, formwork and veneer[
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.
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Propagation

Seed -
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