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Pseudocedrela kotschyi Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Pseudocedrela

Characteristics

Tree up to 12 m. tall (up to 18 m. elsewhere) and 2 m. girth; bole straight or (when fire-damaged) crooked and branched from near the base.. Leaves up to 30 cm. long, often in tufts at the ends of the branchlets, reddish brown and densely hairy when young; leaflets 12–18, lanceolate-elliptic, up to 14 × 5 cm., apex obtuse, base obliquely subtruncate or rounded, margin undulate and repand or crenate; lateral nerves prominent in 6–14 pairs.. Inflorescence up to 28 cm. long, tomentellous.. Calyx ± 0.15 cm. long.. Petals 0.35–0.5 cm. long, with scattered hairs on the median axis outside.. Staminal tube (including appendages) ± 0.3 cm. long.. Capsules 7–14.5 cm. long; valves brown, smooth, with paler lenticels.. Seeds (including the wing) 4–6 cm. long.. Fig 18.
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A tree. It grows 9-18 m high. The trunk is 2 m around. The crown is rounded. The bark is thick, silvery grey and cracked. The leaves are compound with leaflets along the stalk. The leaflets are opposite of alternate and there may or may not be a leaflet at the end. The leaflets are 11 cm long by 5 cm wide. They have a wavy edge. The flowers are white and have a scent. They are in groups 30 cm long in the axils of leaves. The fruit are erect and woody capsules. These are 10-12 cm long and have brown seeds.
A savannah tree, commonly 20–30 ft high, sometimes up to 60 it high and 6 ft girth
Panicles of fragrant white flowers
Foliage grey silvery when young
Bark grey, fissured
Fruits erect
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 10.0 - 12.0
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Environment

Savannah woodland and woody grassland, at elevations up to 1,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in the savannah zone.
Often gregarious on heavy soils
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food charcoal dye environmental use food fuel gum material medicinal poison wood
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Therapeutic use Rheumatism (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Images

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Distribution

Pseudocedrela kotschyi world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Sudan, Senegal, South Sudan, Chad, Togo, and Uganda

Conservation status

Pseudocedrela kotschyi threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:579141-1
WFO ID wfo-0000473666
COL ID 4NQWM
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Synonyms

Pseudocedrela kotschyi Pseudocedrela chevalieri Cedrela kotschyi Surenus kotschyi Soymida roupalifolia
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