Fabaceae FAMILY

Copaifera mildbraedii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Copaifera mildbraedii is an evergreen tree with an umbrella-like crown; it can grow 30 - 65 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is sometimes thickened and fluted near the base, it is normally free of branches for much of its height and around 50 - 150cm 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 harvested from the wild for its wood, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - southern Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatA canopy or emergent tree of dense rain-forest on firm ground; very rarely periodically flooded forest on islands; gallery forest; rather common in Yangambi area[ 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/ ].