Version 10.38 20 July 2010 - Scientific Names: Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.f.)Benth..

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.f.)Benth.

HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Cryptosepalum Benth.

Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum (Hook.f.)Benth. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	African Pine [13]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ghana (N) [18]; Guinea (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11];
    Guineo-Congolian scrub forest [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [11, 13] ; Illustration [12, 13, 172]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

USES:
	Wood [13]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

11.		Keay, R.W.J., 1958
		Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

12.		Aubreville, A., 1936
		La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

13.		Voorhoeve, A.G., 1965
		Liberian High Forest Trees

18.		Hall, J.B.& Swaine, M.D., 1981
		Forest Vegetation in Ghana.

33.		White, F., 1983
		The Vegetation of Africa

172.		Bentham, G., 1865
		Trans.Linn.Soc.25:297-320.Desc.new gen & spp.trop.Legumino.