Afzelia pachyloba

Botanical Description

Afzelia pachyloba is a deciduous tree that usually grows from 20 - 35 metres tall, occasionally reaching 40 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 20 - 25 metres, 60 - 80cm in diameter, sometimes sinuous with thin buttresses at base[ 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is commonly harvested from the wild for its timber, which is traded internationally. The tree is heavily exploited for its commercial timbe - relatively few seed trees remain throughout its range. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].