Berlinia bracteosa Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Berlinia

Characteristics

Glabrous except on the hoary puberulous inflorescence
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Flowers white, crowded in a stout terminal raceme.
Forest tree, to 80 ft. high
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 24.69
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Humid bottoms; river banks; gregarious but in stands; swampy forest; disturbed forest; forest edges in savannah. Lowland forest, forest edges and clearings, along rivers, streams and mangrove edge; at elevations up to 650 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use fuel material medicinal poison wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Berlinia bracteosa world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Berlinia bracteosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:481833-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213352
COL ID LLH6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Berlinia bracteosa Berlinia platycarpa Macroberlinia bracteosa Berlinia mayombensis