Philenoptera laxiflora (Guill. & Perr.) Roberty

Species

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Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 5-6 m high. The trunk is 25 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.25
Mature height (meter) 4.57 - 7.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Savannah woodland on a variety of soils, common in places; sometimes at the edge of fringing forest; at elevations from 180-2,150 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the dry savannah woodland in West Africa.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The young leaves and young fruit are used.
Uses animal food charcoal dye environmental use fetish fodder food forage fuel gene source material medicinal pharmaceutical poison social use timber wood
Edible barks flowers fruits leaves
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

Philenoptera laxiflora world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Cabo Verde, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Philenoptera laxiflora threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:514230-1
WFO ID wfo-0000199463
COL ID 4G5S5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Philenoptera laxiflora Lonchocarpus sophiae Lonchocarpus philenoptera Dalbergia schimperiana Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Philenoptera heuglini