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Useful Tropical Plants

Phyllarthron ilicifolium

(Pers.) H.Perrier

Bignoniaceae

+ Synonyms

Bignonia anastomosans A.DC.

Bignonia ilicifolia Pers.

Tabebuia ilicifolia (Pers.) A.DC.

Zaa ilicifolia (Pers.) Baill.

Common Name:

Phyllarthron ilicifolium
Flowers
Photograph by: Charles Rakotovao
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Phyllarthron ilicifolium Phyllarthron ilicifolium

General Information

Phyllarthron ilicifolium is an evergreen tree growing 8 - 10 metres tall.
The plant is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

455
Title
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
Publication
 
Author
Humbert H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Publisher
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris
Year
1946 - 1984
ISBN
 
Description
Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.

Range

Africa - eastern Madagascar.

Habitat

Forests at elevations below 300 metres[
455
Title
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
Publication
 
Author
Humbert H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Publisher
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris
Year
1946 - 1984
ISBN
 
Description
Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.
].

Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height9.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The hard wood is used in construction[
547
Title
Assessing Ethnobotanical Knowledge and Resources, Lokaro Reserve, SE Madagascar
Publication
 
Author
Lehman A.D.
Publisher
 
Year
2009
ISBN
 
Description
A thesis, in PDF format, by Ashley Davis Lehman of the University of Montana, Missoula, MT.
].

Propagation

Seed -
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