Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.F.) Benth.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Cryptosepalum

Characteristics

Pods suborbicular, glabrous, flat, up to 4 cm. high and 6 cm. broad with very lateral peduncle.
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A big timber tree with hard wood, with puberulous branchlets
Short axillary racemes with white or pinkish flowers
Quadrifoliolate leaves
Perulate buds
Life form
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 9.02
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Sometimes very abundant, in evergreen closed rain-forests and secondary jungle, from riversides in the plain to mountain crests and torrent-sides; at elevations up to 1,000 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material 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 -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:489211-1
WFO ID wfo-0000165792
COL ID 322F4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum Cynometra tetraphylla