Fabaceae FAMILY

Anthonotha fragrans

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Anthonotha fragrans is an evergreen tree that can grow from 20 - 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 12 - 21 metres, 60 - 100cm in diameter, occasionally up to 130cm, with a fluted base or with only small buttresses[ 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. , 1318 Title Revision of the African genus Anthonotha (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 143(1): 70-99, 2010 Author Frans J. Breteler Publisher Year 0 ISBN doi:10.5091/plece Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Cameroon and DR Congo, south to northern Angola

HabitatPrimary and old secondary rain-forest, though never abundant, firm-ground forests; at elevations up to 800 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. ].