Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir.

Barwood (en), Vène (fr), Palissandre du Sénégal (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Pterocarpus

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 12-15 m high. It can be 35 m high. The trunk is straight. There can be buttresses in old trees. The crown is oval or round. The bark is dark brown. It is very scaly. The branches are hairy. The leaves are alternate and 30 cm long. There are up to 11 leaflets along the stalk with one at the end. The leaflets are 10 cm long by 5 cm wide. The flowers are light yellow and in groups. The fruit are green and become papery and rounded. They are 7.5 cm across.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 15.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) 1.5
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the Sahel. It grows on shallow and gravelly soils. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 1,000 m above sea level. It grows in areas with between 700-1,200 mm of rain each year. It can grow in arid places.
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Open country, wooded savannah, woodland; also edges of dense humid forest; sometimes on shallow soils; gravelly and lateritic soils, often at foot of slopes; at elevations from 200-1,030 metres.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 3-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The leaves are cooked and eaten. Seeds need to be well cooked before eating.
Uses animal food charcoal cosmetics dye environmental use fodder food forage fuel gene source invertebrate food material medicinal oil ornamental poison social use tanning timber vertebrate poison wood
Edible fruits gums leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Abortifacient (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Gargle (unspecified), Pyrosis (unspecified), Restorative (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Sore (unspecified), Tumor (unspecified), Tumor(Glands) (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Scalp (unspecified), Adenopathy (unspecified), Leucorrhea (unspecified), Urethritis (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds. They can also be grow by cuttings. Trees can re-grow after pruning back.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) 22 - 32
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Pterocarpus erinaceus habit picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Pterocarpus erinaceus leaf picture by Maarten Vanhove (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Pterocarpus erinaceus world distribution map, present in Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad, and Togo

Conservation status

Pterocarpus erinaceus threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:516454-1
WFO ID wfo-0000172693
COL ID 4PVHJ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 448093
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Pterocarpus erinaceus Pterocarpus senegalensis Drepanocarpus senegalensis Echinodiscus erinaceus Pterocarpus adansonii Pterocarpus africanus Lingoum erinaceum