Calpocalyx aubrevillei Pellegr.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Calpocalyx

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 30 m high. It has buttresses 1.5 m high. They extend 1 m outwards. The trunk is 18 m tall before the first branches.
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A forest tree, to 90 ft. high
Flowers yellowish, fragrant.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 27.43
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Rain-forest in valleys and on river banks; very abundant or rather common by places; at elevations around 700 metres in Liberia.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal wood
Edible nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

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

Distribution

Calpocalyx aubrevillei world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Calpocalyx aubrevillei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:483445-1
WFO ID wfo-0000213935
COL ID Q4KV
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Calpocalyx aubrevillei