WorldFloraDB - Dalbergia latifolia

Characteristics

It has only 5–7 broadly ovate or suborbicular rounded leaflets, white flowers and oblong (1.5–2 cm. wide) fruits darker coloured but not thickened over the seed-cavity.

More

A planted tree

Flowers white

A small tree.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

30.0

Root system

tap-root

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Mainly found in monsoon forests in association with species such as Tectona grandis, Albizzia chinensis, and Cassia fistula. In the southwestern part of its range, it also occurs in evergreen forests.

More

Sometimes subspontaneous in western Nigeria.

It is a tropical plant.

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	animal food coffee substitute environmental use forage fuel material medicinal seasoning shade support timber wood
Edible	leaves
Therapeutic use	Acne vulgaris (bark), Anthelmintics (bark), Anti-obesity agents (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dysentery (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Eczema (bark), Fever (bark), Leprosy (bark), Pain (bark), Spasm (bark), Ulcer (bark), Wounds and injuries (bark), Fatigue (leaf), Fever (leaf), Ache(Stomach) (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Obesity (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Vermifuge (unspecified), Abdominal pain (unspecified), Anthelmintics (unspecified), Anti-obesity agents (unspecified), Appetite stimulants (unspecified), Digestive system diseases (unspecified), General tonic for rejuvenation (unspecified), Renal colic (unspecified), Antifungal agents (wood), Eczema (wood), Skin diseases (wood), Vitiligo (wood)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	soaking
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	16 - 35
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-