Dialium aubrevillei
Dialium aubrevillei
Safety & Hazards
The saw dust may cause irritation to mucous membranes in wood workers[ 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
Dialium aubrevillei is an evergreen tree; it can grow from 36 - 65 metres tall. The bole is usually straight and cylindrical, but is sometimes crooked; it can be free of branches for up to 30 metres, though sometimes it branches from low down; it is up to 100cm in diameter and buttressed at the 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood. It produces a very heavy, durable timber and, when trees of good form are available, is commonly harvested from the wild for trade.