Bikinia letestui (Pellegr.) Wieringa

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Bikinia

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite tree. It grows 45m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 45.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A canopy tree of primary and old secondary evergreen rain-forest, in areas not subject to inundation, usually in small clusters of less than 10 mature trees; hill forests, hill sides and level places; steep slope; at elevations up to 900 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses tea timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Bikinia letestui world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Gabon, and Equatorial Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1011135-1
WFO ID wfo-0000193712
COL ID -
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Monopetalanthus letestui Bikinia le-testui subsp. le-testui Bikinia letestui

Lower taxons

Bikinia letestui subsp. mayumbensis