Hylodendron gabunense Taub.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Hylodendron

Characteristics

Tall thin boled forest tree with sharp buttresses
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Armed with woody spines.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Gallery forest, clump of trees; on shallow soils; sometimes in small stands on old cultivations; frequent in secondary forest; here and there in rain-forest (big trees); at elevations up to 200 metres.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal timber 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 -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Hylodendron gabunense world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Gabon, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Hylodendron gabunense threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:498766-1
WFO ID wfo-0000168631
COL ID 3NG52
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Hylodendron gabunense