Pterygota bequaertii

Botanical Description

Pterygota bequaertii is a deciduous tree that can grow 30 - 50 metres tall. The bole is free of branches for much of its height, it can be 60 - 100cm in diameter, with winged buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 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 provides a large bulk of utilisable timber and so is heavily exploited from the wild - the wood is traded internationally. The tree is also a local source of medicine and the source of an adhesive. The species appears to be suffering declines because of levels of exploitation for its timber that occur through most of its range. 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. ].