Dialium dinklagei

Botanical Description

Dialium dinklagei is a deciduous tree with a light, spreading crown of pendulous branches; it usually grows 7 - 20 metres tall, occasionally reaching 30 metres. The bole can be 60 - 100cm in diameter, rarely with narrow buttresses but with thick, heavy root swellings[ 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. , 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/ , 848 Title Tropix 7 Publication Author Website http://tropix.cirad.fr/en Publisher CIRAD Year 0 ISBN Description An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for llocal use as a food, medicine and source of wood. The very heavy, durable wood is of good quality and is commonly harvested from the wild for trade.