Dialium excelsum Louis ex Steyaert

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Dialium

Characteristics

Tree 18–45 m. high.. Bark smooth, pale.. Young branchlets glabrous to inconspicuously puberulous.. Leaves: petiole and rhachis together (4–)5–8.5 cm. long; leaflets 5–9(–11), lanceolate, with the lowest ones of the leaf tending to be ovate and the terminal one to be elliptic, 2–7(–10) cm. long, 1.2–2.6(–2.9) cm. wide, papery, obtusely subacuminate or acuminate, cuneate or the lowest ± rounded at base, glabrous or almost so; venation ± raised and reticulate on both surfaces.. Flowers brown outside, greenish-white inside, in panicles up to 20 × 15 cm.; pedicels 1.5–5 mm. long, rusty-brown-puberulous.. Sepals rusty-brown-puberulous outside, 2.5–3 mm. long.. Petals 0.. Stamens 2; filaments 2.5–3 mm. long.. Pods subglobose, 1.1–1.5 cm. long, 1–1.2 cm. wide, puberulous outside.. Seeds suborbicular, compressed, 7.5–8 mm. long, 6.5–7.5 mm. wide, dark brown.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 24.0 - 37.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Rain forests; riversides; at elevations around 760-900 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses charcoal wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Dialium excelsum world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, and Uganda

Conservation status

Dialium excelsum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:492310-1
WFO ID wfo-0000166629
COL ID 358Z4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Dialium excelsum