Fabaceae FAMILY

Amphimas ferrugineus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Amphimas ferrugineus is a deciduous tree with a hemispherical crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is up to 150cm in diameter, it can be branchless for up to 25 metres and has thick 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 wood is commonly harvested from the wild for local use and is also occasionally traded internationally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatDense evergreen forest at elevations up to 500 metres[ 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. ].