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Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Parkieae

GENUS: Pentaclethra Benth.

Pentaclethra macrophylla Benth. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Congo Acacia [14]; Oil Bean Tree [14]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [11]; Benin (N) [11]; Cameroon (N) [11]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [11]
    Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [11]
    Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Togo (N) [11]; Zaire (N) [11]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,14]; Medicine [1785,14,14]; Wood [1785,14,14,14];

  
NOTES: -

DATA SOURCES:

11.

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

14.

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

1785.

   Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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