Fabaceae FAMILY Near Threatened

Daniellia klainei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Daniellia klainei is a tree that can grow 20 - 30 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 60 - 100cm in diameter[ 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 havested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also traded. There is increasing exploitation of this tree for its timber in Cameroon, whilst almost all forest areas in Gabon are now concessioned off to timber companies. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo

HabitatPrimary and secondary forests, river sides (frequent) and swampy areas, very abundant in forest with Caesalpiniaceae on gneiss base rock; at elevations from 10 - 250 metres, occasionally to 800 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. , 1361 Title Taxonomic Revision of Daniellia (Leguminosae: Caesalpinioideae) Publication Systematic Botany (2010), 35(2): pp. 296-324 Author Manuel de la Estrella, Carlos Aedo, Barbara Mackinder, and M Publisher Year 2010 ISBN Description ].