Fabaceae FAMILY

Distemonanthus benthamianus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Distemonanthus benthamianus is a deciduous tree; it can grow up to 36 - 40 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be straight or slightly sinuous, around 60 - 130cm in diameter; with buttresses that can vary from small to prominent[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a dye and source of wood. The wood is of high quality and the tree is commonly harvested from the wild and its wood exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon, south to Gabon and Congo.

HabitatSecondary formations; evergreen and half-deciduous forests; usually as isolated individuals, the tree is never abundant and is rarely found in groups; at elevations from 200 - 400 metres[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ].