Colophospermum mopane (Benth.) Leonard

Balsam tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Colophospermum

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite deciduous tree. It grows 12m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-9
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food charcoal environmental use fiber fodder food food additive forage fuel gum invertebrate food material medicinal non-vertebrate poison social use timber wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Cathartics (leaf), Anthelmintics (root), Epilepsy (root), Epilepsy (stem), Lunacy (unspecified), Cathartics (wood), Endophthalmitis (wood), Eye diseases (wood), Syphilis (wood)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 26 - 36
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Colophospermum mopane leaf picture by Maria cossa (cc-by-sa)
Colophospermum mopane leaf picture by Hendrik Ndjava (cc-by-sa)
Colophospermum mopane leaf picture by pascal revault (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Colophospermum mopane world distribution map, present in Angola, Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Colophospermum mopane threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487028-1
WFO ID wfo-0000165169
COL ID X84N
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Colophospermum mopane Copaifera mopane Copaiba mopane Hardwickia mopane