Tetrapleura chevalieri
(Harms) Baker f.
Fabaceae
Piptadenia chevalieri Harms
Common Name:
General Information
Tetrapleura chevalieri is a deciduous tree growing 15 - 20 metres tall[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
- Publisher
- Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- 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 harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Known Hazards
The fruit is used as a fish poison[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
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- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
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- 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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Botanical References
Range
West tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ghana
Habitat
A rare tree, scattered in rainforests[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
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- Author
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- 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 |  |
| Habit | Deciduous Tree |
| Height | 17.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
ruit 15 cm long or more, each valve with a longitudinal wing-like rather fleshy ridge ± 2 cm broad[
328- Title
- African Flowering Plants Database
- Publication
-
- Author
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- 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.
].
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The sap-wood is greyish, turning yellow, and the heart-wood pinkish yellow turning pale red on exposure. The wood is fairly heavy and comparatively soft, moderately durable. It is used locally for small furniture items, doors etc[
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/
,
1309- Title
- The Leguminosae; A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation
- Publication
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- Author
- Allen O.N.; Allen E.K.
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin
- Year
- 1981
- ISBN
- 0-333-32221-5
- Description
- An amazing and comprehensive work, giving a brief guide to the many genera of the family Fabaceae and also the principle uses of the genus.
].
Propagation
Seed - sown in a nursery seedbed or individual containers, they usually take about 6 days to germinate[
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- World Agroforesty Centre
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- Author
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- Website
- http://www.worldagroforestry.org/
- Publisher
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- 0
- ISBN
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- Description
- An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
]. Pot them up into individual containers when they are about five weeks old. They can then be planted out about 3 weeks later[
618- Title
- Manual for the Propagation and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants of Ghana.
- Publication
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- Author
- Amponsah K., Crensil O’R., Odamtten G.T., Ofusohene-Djan W.
- Publisher
- Aburi Botanic Garden; Ghana.
- Year
- 2002
- ISBN
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- Description
- A nice, concise guide, it details some of the medicinal uses of plants from Ghana. Available as a PDF file on the Internet.
]..
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
