Fabaceae FAMILY

Pachyelasma tessmannii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The fruits, seeds and bark are used as fish poison, and the species is reported as one of the most effective fish poisons of Central Africa[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Pachyelasma tessmannii is a tree with a dome-shaped, spreading crown; it can grow up to 60 metres tall. The bole is usually straight and cylindrical, but is sometimes deformed; it can be up to 250cm in diameter; with well-developed, plank-buttresses[ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine. The wood is sometimes utilized, but is difficult to harvest becuse of the huge size of the tree and so is often left standing when forests are cleared[ 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 - southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatA canopy and emergent tree in dense primary rinforest[ 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. ].