Fabaceae FAMILY

Newtonia leucocarpa

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Newtonia leucocarpa is a tree with a flat, spreading crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight and cylindrical bole can be branchless for up to 27 metres, though usually less; it is up to 150cm in diameter with steep 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. ]. The tree is ofren harvested from the wild for its valuable wood, which is used locally and also sometimes traded internationally[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, northern Angola.

HabitatA canopy tree in moist evergreen rainforest, mainly found in the more open, secondary formations[ 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. ].