Fabaceae FAMILY

Aphanocalyx microphyllus

Edibility

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Medicinal

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Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aphanocalyx microphyllus is a tree with a hemispherical or irregular crown; it can grow from 7 - 45 metres tall. The bole is often contorted, but sometimes cylindrical, it can be free of branches for up to 15 metres and 10 - 100cm in diameter; the bases of large trees are often with rather thin, sometimes branching, buttresses or plank roots (or even stilt roots?), these can be up to 2 (-6) metres high and 3 (-8) metres wide[ 896 Title Monopetalanthus exit. A systematic study of Aphanocalyx, Bikinia, Icuria, Michelsonia and Tetraberlinia Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 99-4 Author Wieringa J.J. Publisher Wageningen University; Holland Year 1999 ISBN 90-5808-121-4 Description A university thesis, it is a revision of the genus Monopetalanthus and related genera with a very good description of the species, including known uses. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - ?Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola.

HabitatDense primary and older secondary, evergreen rain or semi-deciduous forest, sometimes to the forest edge; swampy to riverine rain forest; in savannah areas also in gallery forest; most common in sandy soils; at elevations up to 1,400 metres[ 896 Title Monopetalanthus exit. A systematic study of Aphanocalyx, Bikinia, Icuria, Michelsonia and Tetraberlinia Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 99-4 Author Wieringa J.J. Publisher Wageningen University; Holland Year 1999 ISBN 90-5808-121-4 Description A university thesis, it is a revision of the genus Monopetalanthus and related genera with a very good description of the species, including known uses. ].