WorldFloraDB - Newtonia buchananii

Characteristics

Tree 10–40 m. high, somewhat buttressed at base, with smooth bark.. Branchlets densely pubescent when young.. Leaf-rhachis with a stipitate gland between each pinna-pair; no glands between leaflet-pairs; pinnae (7–)12–23 pairs; leaflets (24–)38–67 pairs, linear, ± falcate, 2–6(–9) mm. long, 0.5–1.5(–2) mm. wide; lateral nerves invisible beneath.. Flowers yellowish, in spikes 3.5–19 cm. long.. Anthers with an apical gland that soon falls off.. Pod 10–32 cm. long, 1.3–2.5 cm. wide.. Seeds 4.1–7.5 cm. long, 0.9–2.1 cm. wide.. Fig. 6, p. 24.

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Leaves 6-27 cm. long (rhachis + petiole); rhachis with a stipitate gland between each pinna-pair; no glands between leaflet-pairs; pinnae (7)12-23 pairs; leaflets (11)38-67 pairs, 2-6(9) x 0·5-1·5(2) mm., linear-oblong, often ± falcate; lateral nerves invisible beneath.

Tree 10-40 m. high, somewhat buttressed at the base; bark smooth; branchlets densely pubescent when young, often glabrescent later.

Flowers whitish or yellowish, in spikes 3·5-19 cm. long.

Anthers with an apical gland that soon falls off.

Seeds 4·1-7·5(?8) x 0·9-2·1 cm.

Pod 10-32 x 1·3-2-5 cm.

Life form	perennial
Growth form	tree
Growth support	free-standing
Foliage retention	deciduous
Sexuality	hermaphrodite
Pollination	entomogamy
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Mature height (meter)	17.5 - 32.5
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Photosynthetic pathway	c3

Environment

A canopy and subcanopy tree in highland forest areas at elevations from 1,100-1,800 metres in west Africa. In East and southern Africa it occurs in evergreen rainforest, often along watercourses and lakes, at elevations from 600-2,200 metres.

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Usage

Uses	animal food charcoal coffee substitute environmental use fodder fuel material medicinal tea wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

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