Fabaceae FAMILY

Paramacrolobium coeruleum

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Paramacrolobium coeruleum is an evergreen tree with a spreading crown and drooping branches; it can grow from 5 - 40 metres tall. The straight and cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres and 15 - 60cm in diameter with buttresses at the base, but it is often irregular with branches from very low down[ 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. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a source of wood and fibre. It has been used to provide shade in cocoa plantations in Sierra Leone.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Cote D'Ivoire; Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo, Angola, Kenya, Tanzania.

HabitatClosed evergreen forest, rain-forest on firm ground; river sides in Brachystegia forest-woodland; gallery forest; often forming clumps; at elevations up to 525 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. ].