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Pterocarpus santalinoides DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Pterocarpus Jacq.

Pterocarpus santalinoides DC. [Preferred name]
    Lingoum esculentum (Schum. & Thonn.)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus amazonicus Huber {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus esculentus Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus grandis Cowan {Synonym}
    Pterocarpus michelii Cowan {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Mututi [3154]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [212]; Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [212]; Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]; Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]; Liberia (N) [212]; Mali (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]; Sierra Leone (N) [212]; Togo (N) [212]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [215, 1063]
  South America
Argentina (U) [215]; Brazil (N) [215, 1063, 3154]; Amazonas [3154]; Mato Grosso [3154]; Para [3154]; Colombia (N) [215]; French Guiana (N) [215, 1063, 1408, 2285]; Guyana (N) [215, 1063, 2285]; Paraguay (N) [215]; Peru (N) [215]; Surinam (N) [215, 1063, 2285]; Venezuela (N) [215]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [212];
    Sudanian forest. [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3, 12, 212, 215] ; Distribution Map [215] ; Illustration [12, 215]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993-12 Cavalcante de Lima H

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [14]; Medicine [14]; Wood [14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.

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

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

12.

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

14.

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

212.

  Hepper, F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

215.

  Rojo, J.P., 1972
    Phanerog.Monogr. 5:1-119 Pterocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilion..

1063.

  Amshoff, G.J.H., 1939
    Meded.Bot.Mus.Herb.Rijks Univ.Utrecht 52:1-78 S.Amer.Papil..

1408.

  Lemee, A., 1952
    Flore de la Guyane francaise 2:36-162 Legumineuses

2285.

  Boggan, V. et al., 1993
    Checklist of plants of the Guianas. Univ.Guyana. Georgetown.

3154.

  Lima, H.C.de, 1992
    A preliminary checklist of neotropic Dalbergieae
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