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Useful Tropical Plants

Anopyxis klaineana

(Pierre) Engl.

Rhizophoraceae

+ Synonyms

Anopyxis ealaensis (De Wild.) Sprague

Anopyxis occidentalis (A.Chev.) A.Chev

Macarisia klaineana Pierre

Pynaertia ealaensis De Wild.

Pynaertia occidentalis A.Chev.

Common Name:

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General Information

Anopyxis klaineana is a tree with a dense, rounded crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for up to 20 metres, it is up to 120cm in diameter, sometimes with tall, narrow buttresses[
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 traded internationally.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

Tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Nigeria, Cameroon, DR Congo and Uganda, south to northern Angola.

Habitat

Riverine, gallery and rain-forest; at elevations from 200 - 500 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.
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Properties

Other Uses Rating *  *  *
HabitTree
Height40.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The heartwood is light brown with pink or ochre shades; it is not clearly demarcated from the sapwood. The texture is medium; the grain straight, sometimes wavy. The wood is heavy; moderately hard to hard; moderately durable, being resistant to termites but susceptible to fungi and dry wood borers. It is slow to season, with a high risk of checking or distortion; once dry it is moderately stable in service. The wood works well with powered tools, but stellite-tipped and tungsten carbide tools are recommended; nailing and screwing are good, but pre-boring is necessary; gluing is correct for interior purposes. It is used for purposes such as industrial flooring, heavy carpentry, interior panelling and joinery, turnery and sliced 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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The wood is much used for fuel[
484
Title
West African Forests and Forestry
Publication
 
Author
Unwin A.H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.; London
Year
1920
ISBN
 
Description
Quite extensive information on some of the trees of West Africa. The book can be downloaded from the Internet
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Propagation

Seed -
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