Fabaceae FAMILY

Kingiodendron pinnatum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Kingiodendron pinnatum is an evergreen tree growing up to 30 metres tall. The bole can be up to 130cm in diameter[ 1510 Title A revision of four genera of the tribe Leguminosae-Caesalpinioideae-Cynometreae in Indomalesia and the Pacific Publication Blumea Vol 18, No 1 1970, pp 1-52 Author M.S. Knaap-van Meeuwen Publisher Year 1970 ISBN Description ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeE. Asia - southern India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu)

HabitatEvergreen hill forests and deciduous forests; at elevations up to 1,000 metres[ 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. , 402 Title Contribution to an evaluation of tree species using the new CITES Listing Criteria Publication Author Website http://sea.unep-wcmc.org/species/tree_study/ Publisher UNEP-WCMC; Cambridge. Year 1999 ISBN Description A document produced by UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre in 1999. It contains fact sheets on more than 200 tree species from around the globe. ].