Fabaceae FAMILY

Bikinia evrardii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Bikinia evrardii is an evergreen tree with a hemispherical crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branches for 20 metres or more; up to 200 cm in diameter with feet or small buttresses up to 1 metre tall[ 896 Title Monopetalanthus exit. A systematic study of Aphanocalyx, Bikinia, Icuria, Michelsonia and Tetraberlinia Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 99-4 Author Wieringa J.J. Publisher Wageningen University; Holland Year 1999 ISBN 90-5808-121-4 Description A university thesis, it is a revision of the genus Monopetalanthus and related genera with a very good description of the species, including known uses. ]. The tree is a source of 'Andoung' timber and is often harvested from the wild for local use and trade.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatA canopy tree, often found in the transition from periodically inundated riverine forest to evergreen hill-side forest; also in real dryland forest on top of hills; occasionally gregarious but mainly solitary; at elevations from 150 - 500 metres[ 896 Title Monopetalanthus exit. A systematic study of Aphanocalyx, Bikinia, Icuria, Michelsonia and Tetraberlinia Publication Wageningen Agricultural University Papers 99-4 Author Wieringa J.J. Publisher Wageningen University; Holland Year 1999 ISBN 90-5808-121-4 Description A university thesis, it is a revision of the genus Monopetalanthus and related genera with a very good description of the species, including known uses. ].