Fabaceae FAMILY

Julbernardia pellegriniana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Julbernardia pellegriniana is a tree that can grow 15 - 45 metres tall. The straight or slightly sinuous bole can be unbranched for 15 - 20 metres, 80 - 100cm in diameter, with thin buttresses up to 2 metres tall and 1 - 2 metres apart[ 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 its good quality wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

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

HabitatRain-forest; in very scattered stands in Gabon but also in very localised small stands in Cameroon[ 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. ].