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Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guillemin & Perrottet)Brenan

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Erythrophleum R.Br.

Erythrophleum suaveolens (Guillemin & Perrottet)Brenan [Accepted]
    Erythrophleum guineense G.Don {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Ordeal Tree [28]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Cameroon (N) [11]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]
    Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (N) [106]; Ghana (N) [11]
    Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]
    Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [106]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Senegal (N) [106]; Sierra Leone (N) [11,106]
    Sudan (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Togo (N) [11]
    Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [113]; Zambia (N) [106]
    Zimbabwe (N) [106]
  Asia
    Sri Lanka (I) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [33]
    Zambezian forest [33]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane Regional transition zone; Transition woodland. [33]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,9,14,42,113]; Toxins [1785,9,14,42,113,14,42,52]; Medicine [1785,9,14,42,113,14,42,52,14,52]; Chemical products [1785, 9,14,42,113,14,42,52,14,52,14,42]; Environmental

  
NOTES:
  Nodulation data also from Erythrophleum guineense G.Don [1785]


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

9.

   Eggeling,W.J. & Dale,I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

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

28.

   White,F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

33.

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

42.

   Dale,I.R. & Greenway,P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

52.

   Verdcourt,B. & Trump,E.C., 1969
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

106.

   Brenan,J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

113.

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

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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