Pterygota macrocarpa
Pterygota macrocarpa
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
Young plants are tolerant of shade, but require increasing light levels if they are to grow larger. Older trees require high light levels[1]. Plants are tolerant of wet and leached soils, but prefer drier, base-rich conditions[1]. Plantation trees in Côte d’Ivoire had a mean annual bole diameter growth of 17 - 19mm a year at 14 years after planting. In unthinned natural forest, diameter growth was estimated at 4mm per year; whilst in thinned natural forest it was estimated at 9mm per year[1]. Young plants prefer light shade, and saplings are more abundant in forest affected by logging damage than in undisturbed forest, whereas germination is depressed in large gaps. In Ghana seedling regeneration is highest in burnt forest, but trees with a bole diameter ove r5 cm were found to be less abundant in burnt than in unburnt forest[1]. The minimum legal felling diameter is 60cm in Côte d’Ivoire and Liberia, and 110cm in Ghana[1].
Propagation
Seed - germination takes around 8 days if the seed is fresh[1]. The seed germinates better in light to moderate shade, but soon grow better if light levels are increased[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Pterygota+macrocarpa>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.