
Fabaceae FAMILY
Anthonotha macrophylla
Anthonotha macrophylla
Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—
Natural regeneration is usually good to very good[1, 2]. Although many species within the family Fabaceae have a symbiotic relationship with soil bacteria, this species is said to be devoid of such a relationship and therefore does not fix atmospheric nitrogen[3].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Anthonotha+macrophylla>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
- [2]West African Forests and Forestry — Unwin A.H. · T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.; London · 1920 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎Quite extensive information on some of the trees of West Africa. The book can be downloaded from the Internet
- [3]Nodulation Plants in GRIN Taxonomy — United States Department of Agriculture · http://www.ars-grin.gov/~sbmljw/cgi-bin/taxnodul.pl?language=en ↩︎An online database listing plants that have either positive or negative reports on root and stem nodulation with nitrogen-fixing bacteria.
- [4]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
- [5]Analysis and identification of oils from seed extract of Anthonotha macrophylla using gas chromatographymass spectro — Ugoeze K.C.; Ehianeta T.; Alaribe C.; and Anyakora C. · 2014 · http://www.academicjournals.org/AJB · ISBN 1684-5315 ↩︎
- [6]The Leguminosae; A Source Book of Characteristics, Uses and Nodulation — Allen O.N.; Allen E.K. · University of Wisconsin · 1981 · ISBN 0-333-32221-5 ↩︎An amazing and comprehensive work, giving a brief guide to the many genera of the family Fabaceae and also the principle uses of the genus.