Daniellia alsteeniana P.A.Duvign.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Daniellia

Characteristics

Leaves paripinnate; leaflets in 4–7 pairs, 5–18 × 3–9 cm, ovate-elliptic, elliptic or oblong, the proximal ones largest, acute, glabrous and shiny above, glaucous and sparsely pubescent beneath with scattered whitish spreading hairs, particularly on the midrib, lateral nerves in 8–12 pairs; stipules very unequal, the larger up to 6 × 1 cm, early caducous.
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Panicles spreading, held above the crown, to 30 cm long in total; axis and receptacle pubescent to glabrous; bracts obovate; pedicels 2–3 cm long including the hypanthium, to 4 cm in fruit.
Petals: two 16–18 × 12–18 mm, oblong to suborbicular; one 13–17 × 9–11 mm, oblong to obovate-oblong; two 3 × 2 mm, ovate.
Ovary 8–10 × 4–6 mm, 8–12-ovulate, glabrous or pubescent on the margins; stipe 1.5 cm long; style to 4 cm long.
Tree to 20 m with a straight trunk to 1 m in diameter at the base; bark greyish, furrowed.
Sepals 19–23 × 12–23 mm, oblong to oblong-obovate, glabrous to glabrescent outside.
Stamens 10, united at the base, to 5 cm long, hairy below.
Pods 9–10 × 4–6 cm, asymmetrically ovate, 1(2)-seeded.
Seeds brown, shiny, 2 × 1.5 cm, ovoid, flattened.
Hypanthium pubescent within, c.5 mm in diameter.
Twigs pubescent.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Escarpment woods and dry forests on sandy soils. Clear and dry forest, savannah lands; at elevations from 350-1,400 metres.
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Usage

Uses fuel gum material wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Daniellia alsteeniana world distribution map, present in Angola

Conservation status

Daniellia alsteeniana threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:490993-1
WFO ID wfo-0000166195
COL ID 343WJ
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Synonyms

Daniellia alsteeniana