Pterocarpus santalinoides
| Pterocarpus santalinoides | |
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| Pterocarpus santalinoides inflorescences, Comoé-Léraba reserve, Burkina Faso | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Tribe: | Dalbergieae |
| Genus: | Pterocarpus |
| Species: | P. santalinoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterocarpus santalinoides DC. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.[1]
It has a remarkable bi-continental distribution, native to tropical western Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo) and also to South America (Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela).[2]
It grows to 9–12 m tall, with a trunk up to 1 m in diameter and flaky bark. The leaves are pinnate, 10–20 cm long, with 5–9 leaflets. The flowers are orange-yellow, produced in panicles. The fruit is a pod 3.5–6 cm long, with a wing extending three-quarters around the margin.[3]
Footnotes
- 1 2 ILDIS (2005)
- ↑ Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
- ↑ World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides
References
- International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Pterocarpus santalinoides. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.
- Prado, D. (1998). Pterocarpus santalinoides. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
- World Agroforestry Centre (WAC) [2008]: AgroForestryTree Database – Pterocarpus santalinoides. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.