Fabaceae FAMILY

Hylodendron gabunense

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Hylodendron gabunense is a tree with an irregular crown comprising both erect and horizontal branches; it usually grows 20 - 40 metres tall, though specimens up to 55 metres have been recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole can be unbranched for 10 metres, even up to 25 metres in larger trees; it is around 30 - 100cm in diameter; and has numerous, thin, ramose, winged buttresses with woody spines[ 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 is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatGallery forest, clump of trees; on shallow soils; sometimes in small stands on old cultivations; frequent in secondary forest; here and there in rain-forest (big trees); at elevations up to 200 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. ].