Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Pericopsis

Characteristics

Tree up to 17 m. tall; bark smooth, pale, flaking off when old in thin scales.. Leaves with 7–10(13) leaflets arranged alternately or rarely in opposite pairs; petiole, rhachis and petiolules rusty-brown or rarely greyish puberulous to tomentose, sometimes ± glabrescent; stipels usually inconspicuous and caducous, 1–2(–4) mm. long; leaflets ovate to elliptic or the distal ones obovate, (2–)3.5–6.5(–9.5) cm. long, (l.5–)2–3.5(–4) cm. wide, rounded to cuneate and ± asymmetrical at the base, rounded to emarginate at the apex, with varying development of indumentum (see notes below).. Inflorescence (including calyces) usually rusty-brown or rarely greyish tomentose.. Calyx (excluding receptacle) 7–10(–11) mm. long.. Petals white, greenish-white or violet, with dark purple veins; standard 13–15 mm. long; wings slightly longer.. Fruits variable in size and shape, 7–24 cm. long, (2–)2.5–3.5(–4) cm. wide, glabrous, or (not in East Africa) pubescent.
More
Leaves with 7–10(13) leaflets arranged alternately or rarely in opposite pairs; leaflets (2)3.5–6.5(9.5) × (1.5)2–3.5(4) cm, ovate to elliptic or the distal ones obovate, rounded to cuneate and ± asymmetrical at the base, rounded to emarginate at the apex; terminal leaflet usually rather broader than the laterals; stipels usually inconspicuous and caducous, 1–2(4) mm long; leaflets glabrous except on the underside of the midrib, or sometimes with varying development of hairs on the lower or both surfaces (see notes below); petiole, rachis and petiolules rusty-brown or rarely greyish puberulous to tomentose, sometimes ± glabrescent.
Petals white, greenish-white or violet with dark purple veins; standard 13–15 mm long, wings slightly longer.
Tree up to 17 m high, or sometimes a large shrub, deciduous, flowering with young leaves.
Inflorescence (including calyces) usually rusty-brown or rarely greyish tomentose.
Calyx (excluding hypanthium) 7–10(11) mm long, including lobes (5)6–8 mm long.
Ovary, pods and seeds as in generic description.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 16.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.6
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Deciduous woodland (Brachystegia or Combretum and Terminalia associations), wooded grassland; in bushy stony places; at elevations from 200-1,700 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food charcoal environmental use food fuel material medicinal oil social use 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

Pericopsis angolensis world distribution map, present in Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Rwanda, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Pericopsis angolensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:513072-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212075
COL ID 6V4MX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pericopsis angolensis Ormosia angolensis Afrormosia angolensis Afrormosia bequaertii Pericopsis angolensis var. subtomentosa Afrormosia angolensis var. subtomentosa Afrormosia angolensis var. brasseuriana Afrormosia angolensis Pericopsis angolensis subsp. subtomentosa