Talbotiella gentii

Botanical Description

Talbotiella gentii is an evergreen tree with a dense, heavy, spreading crown; it usually grows from 9 - 18 metres tall. The bole is thick with a thin bark[ 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. , 1614 Title A revision of the genus Talbotiella Baker f. (Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae) Publication Kew Bulletin, 65(3), 401-420, 2010 Author Mackinder, B., Wieringa, J., & Van der Burgt, X. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/23216390 Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental, valued for its sweetly-scented, pinkish-white, decorative: flowers[ 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/ ]. Talbotiella gentii is endemic to Ghana, where habitat degradation and loss caused by clear-cutting of the forest, agriculture and human settlement are ongoing threats. The plant now exists in small stands in rocky areas of dry forest, most of its habitat having been destroyed. The plant is classified as 'Critically Endangered' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species[ 1614 Title A revision of the genus Talbotiella Baker f. (Caesalpinioideae: Leguminosae) Publication Kew Bulletin, 65(3), 401-420, 2010 Author Mackinder, B., Wieringa, J., & Van der Burgt, X. Website http://www.jstor.org/stable/23216390 Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].