Fabaceae FAMILY

Dialium zenkeri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Dialium zenkeri is a tree that can grow up to 40 metres or more. The cylindrical bole is sometimes more or less deeply grooved, it can be up to 100cm 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 local use of its wood. A small to large tree up to 40 m tall with bole up to 100 cm in diameter, occurring in Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and DR Congo[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cameroon, southern Central African Republic, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatRiparian; periodically flooded forests; sometimes in forest on firm ground[ 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. ].