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Fabaceae FAMILY

Brachystegia eurycoma

Brachystegia eurycoma

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Brachystegia+eurycoma>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [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. [2]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.
  3. [3]Phytochemical composition and anti-inflammatory activities of Brachystegia eurycoma seeds and stem bark — Igwe O.U. & Okwu D.E. · Scholars Research Library · 2013 · http://derpharmachemica.com/vol5-iss1/DPC-2013-5-1-224-228.pdf · ISBN 0975-413X ↩︎An on-line publication, a research paper looking at the antiinflammatory activity of Brachystegia eurycoma.
  4. [4]Plant Inventory No. 165 — USDA; Washington. · 1966 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A list of plant material (seeds, cuttings etc) recieved by the United States Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction during the period from January 1 to December 31, 1957. It details some plant uses.
  5. [5]Isolation, characterization and antibacterial activity of 3-hydroxy-2,2-bis propanal from Brachystegia eurycoma — Igwe O.U. & Okwu D.E. · Scholars Research Library · 2013 · http://derpharmachemica.com/vol5-iss2/DPC-2013-5-2-39-44.pdf · ISBN 0975-413X ↩︎An on-line publication, a research paper looking at the antibacterial activity of Brachystegia eurycoma.
  6. [6]Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information — Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew · 1923 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎A botanical journal, it contains a rather dated but still useful treatment of the genus Brachystegia with quite a lot of information on plant uses. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  7. [7]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/