Pterygota mildbraedii Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Pterygota

Characteristics

Leaf-lamina up to 40 × 30 cm., broadly ovate, apex subacute, deeply cordate at the base, subentire or shallowly 3-lobed, glabrous on both sides, 7–9-nerved from the base, nervation prominent on both sides, venation reticulate, prominent on both sides; petiole 15 cm. or more long, glabrous or stellate-puberulous near the apex.
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Tall tree up to 60 m. tall with a smooth trunk and pale grey bark, branching high up; young branches minutely stellate-puberulous.
Flowers and fruits not seen from our area.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 50.0
Root system -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mesophile riverine and gallery forests; mountain secondary forests; at elevations up to 1,200 metres.
Light -
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal environmental use fuel material wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
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Distribution

Pterygota mildbraedii world distribution map, present in Burundi, Cameroon, Nigeria, Rwanda, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:824839-1
WFO ID wfo-0001141220
COL ID 6WLJQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pterygota schumanniana Pterygota mildbraedii