Piptadeniastrum africanum (Hook.F.) Brenan

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Piptadeniastrum

Characteristics

Tree up to 50 m. high, with buttressed base and smooth, usually grey bark.. Young branchlets shortly and ± densely rusty (when dry)-pubescent, then glabrescent.. Pinnae 10–19 pairs (to 23 pairs on juvenile leaves). Leaflets 30–58 pairs (to 61 on juvenile foliage), linear, ± falcate, 3–8.5 mm. long (to 10 mm. on juvenile leaves), 0.8–1.25 mm. wide.. Flowers yellowish-white, in spiciform racemes 4–11 cm. long.. Pod 17–36 cm. long, 2–3.2 cm. wide.. Seeds (3–)5.3–9.5 cm. long, 1.8–2.5 cm. wide.. Fig. 5, p. 22.
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Large tree of rain forest, reaching 160 ft. high
Flowers in panicled yellowish-white spikes.
Spreading parasol-like branches
Large plank-like buttresses
Fine fern-like foliage
Straight bole
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 48.77
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Evergreen and semi-deciduous forest, rain-forest, secondary forest, riverine forest; at elevations from near sea level to around 1,220 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food charcoal environmental use fiber food fuel material medicinal poison social use vertebrate poison wood
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Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Headache (unspecified), Enema (unspecified), Purgative (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Piptadeniastrum africanum world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Piptadeniastrum africanum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:514467-1
WFO ID wfo-0000168772
COL ID 4J6XN
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Synonyms

Piptadenia africana Piptadeniastrum africanum Piptadeniastrum africanum var. africanum