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Pachyelasma tessmannii (Harms)Harms

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Pachyelasma Harms

Pachyelasma tessmannii (Harms)Harms [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Mekogho [111]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Cameroon (N) [11]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Zaire (N) [11]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [113];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [3, 111, 113] ; Illustration [41, 111, 112]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Chemical products [113]; Medicine [14]; Toxins [14, 113]; Wood [111]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.		Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
		Nigerian Trees Vol.2

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

14.		Dalziel, J.M., 1937
		The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

41.		Engler, A., 1912
		Die Vegetation der Erde:IX:Pflanzenwelt Afrikas 3.1

111.		Aubreville, A., 1965
		9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

112.		Aubreville, A., 1967
		15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.

113.		Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
		Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

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