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Pterocarpus angolensis DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Pterocarpus Jacq.

Pterocarpus angolensis DC. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  African teak [226]; Muninga [210]; Transvaal teak [226]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [210]; Mozambique (N) [230]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [210]; South Africa (N) [210]
    Swaziland (N) [210]; Tanzania (N) [210]; Zaire (N) [210]
    Zambia (N) [28]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian woodland [210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,210]; Medicine [1785,210,121,230]; Chemical products

  
NOTES:
  Flowers a good nectar source (FCB)
  Much information in Boaler,S.B.(1966) Ref 231.


DATA SOURCES:

28.

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

121.

   Watt,J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk,M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

210.

   Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

226.

   Palmer,E. & Pitman,N., 1977
    Trees of Southern Africa,Vol.2
    Trees of Southern Africa,Vol.2

230.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

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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