Gilletiodendron glandulosum

Botanical Description

Gilletiodendron glandulosum is an evergreen plant; most commonly a shrub, sometimes multi-stemmed, it can become a tree with a dense crown that grows 12 - 20 metres tall[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood, and perhaps also for its edible seed. The plant has been recommended for reforestation projects. Gilletiodendron forests are extremely vulnerable to disturbance, particularly that caused by fire and small-scale timber harvesting. However, the plant is also able to sprout from roots and stumps, showing that the tree may recover quickly from fire and that the tree's fecundity and sprouting ability indicate that it is adapted to canopy disturbance. Additionally, there is no evidence that these forests are particularly vulnerable to disturbance by small-scale timber extraction, other than the fact that the indigenous Maninka people use the tree for construction wood. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].