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Fabaceae FAMILY

Aganope impressa

Aganope impressa

Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Aganope impressa is a climbing shrub or tree growing from 10 - 15 metres tall[ 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/ ]. Another, somewhat questionable, report says that it can be a very large tree with a flattish crown growing up to 45 metres tall with a straight bole up to 110cm in diameter[ 484 Title West African Forests and Forestry Publication Author Unwin A.H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher T. Fisher Unwin Ltd.; London Year 1920 ISBN Description Quite extensive information on some of the trees of West Africa. The book can be downloaded from the Internet ]. The wood is potentially useful according to one report, whilst others say the plant has no known uses.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Nigeria to DR Congo.
HabitatForests, sometimes common[ 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. ].