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Useful Tropical Plants

Loesenera walkeri

(A.Chev.) J.Léonard

Fabaceae

+ Synonyms

Ibadja walkeri A.Chev.

Common Name:

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General Information

Loesenera walkeri is a tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall. The straight bole can be up to 100cm in diameter; it sometimes has small buttresses that can be 1 - 1.5 metres high[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

West tropical Africa - Gabon.

Habitat

Swamp edges; near rivers in rain-forest; rather common, often with Sclerosperma[
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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
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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

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HabitTree
Height25.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The bark is used to construct bathtubs in which patients with backache or kidney problems can take a bath in capsicum pepper solution[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Other Uses

The wood is used locally in construction, but is not of interest for large-scale exploitation[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Propagation

Seed -
Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2024-03-28. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Loesenera+walkeri>

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