Pterygota bequaertii De Wild.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Pterygota

Characteristics

Less common than P. macrocarpa, and usually in rather moister regions
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Flowers cream when young, with ginger-brown hairs.
Forest tree, to 100 ft. high
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 32.74
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Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Lowland rain-forests (evergreen and half-deciduous) of moister types; gallery forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses fiber material medicinal timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Pterygota bequaertii world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Pterygota bequaertii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824828-1
WFO ID wfo-0000475850
COL ID 4Q7CZ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pterygota aubrevillei Pterygota bequaertii Sterculia bayakensis