Pterocarpus osun Craib

Pterocarpus (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Pterocarpus

Characteristics

A tree. The fruit are 15 cm across. It is a pod with a wing around it.
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Branchlets brown-tomentellous and often bristly or prickly
A tree with a comparatively short bole
Flowers small, yellow.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 18.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mixed deciduous wet forests at elevations of 90-150 metres.
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A tropical plant.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses dye material medicinal social use wood
Edible leaves seeds
Therapeutic use Cosmetic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds or cuttings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Pterocarpus osun world distribution map, present in Angola, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Pterocarpus osun threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:516532-1
WFO ID wfo-0000172791
COL ID 78L7X
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pterocarpus osun