Fabaceae FAMILY

Didelotia letouzeyi

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Didelotia letouzeyi is a tree; it can grow 25 - 40 metres tall, The bole can be free of branches for up to two thirds of its height, and up to 100cm in diameter[ 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 its timber, which is used locally and also traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, western Congo.

HabitatRain-forests; not rare but isolated specimens only, never gregarious; moist depressions in forest; rarely in small open groups to 50 trees; at elevations up to 200 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. ].