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General Information

Daniellia ogea is a large deciduous tree that can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 20 - 30 metres, around 125cm in diameter and with very short, rounded buttresses at the base[, ].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of timber and gum, the timber is also traded.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

Western tropical Africa - Senegal to Gabon.

Habitat

semideciduous forest, high forest and near water sources; at elevations from 10 - 800 metres[].

Properties

Medicinal Rating
Other Uses Rating
Habit	Deciduous Tree
Height	40.00 m
Pollinators	Insects
Cultivation Status	Wild

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[].

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The gum is chewed and swallowed as a purgative[].
The chewed gum, combined with the flowers of Tacca leontopetaloides, is used as a rub as an antidote to snake venom[].

The plant, part not specified, is used in the treatment of gonorrhoea[].

Other Uses

Gum exudates from cracks and wounds in the trunk are used to make a varnish called 'West African Gum Copal'[].
A brown, fragrant balsam or oleo-resin is obtained from the trunk[, ]. It is used as an adulterant of copaiba balsam (from Copaifera species), as a material for torches, to fumigate closed areas etc[]. The fresh material is obtained by cutting out square pieces of the bark, though most of it is obtained from the ground in a semi-fossilized state[].

The heartwood is pale pinkish to reddish-brown with occasional darker streaks; the 4 - 17cm wide band of sapwood is whitish to straw coloured. The texture is rather coarse; the grain straight to shallowly interlocked; the surface lustrous; may be somewhat gummy. The wood is light in weight, soft; it is not very durable, having a slight resistance to fungi and being susceptible to dry wood borers and termites. It seasons rapidly, with only a slight risk of checking or distortion; once dry it is moderately stable in service. The wood works easily with hand and machine tools, quartersawn material tends to tear in planing and shaping, produces a woolly finish unless tools are kept sharp, nails, screws well; gluing is correct, though assembling and gluing is sometimes difficult due to the warping of dried veneers. It is liable to sap stain, log conversion should be rapid. The wood is used for plywood, joinery, general millwork, furniture components, boxes and crates, a decorative veneer can be produced from selected logs[, ].

Propagation

Seed -

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