Erythrophleum africanum (Welw.) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Erythrophleum africanum (Welw.) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English African blackwood (Irvine). SENEGAL: FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) gerombélé (JB) guéli téli (JB) kabala (JB) koy the dead tree (K&A) pèl, péli, pelli the living tree (JB; K&A) TUKULOR ninimonovi (K&A) MANDING-BAMBARA diégélé (JB) dievèl (JB) kobala talé (JB) MANDINKA kéko (J
Uses
(bark) Medicines: pain-killers (seed) Phytochemistry: rodenticides, mammal and bird poisons Phytochemistry: ordeal-poisons (foliage) Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent (bark, root) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: bee/honey plants, insect plants (timber, poles) Products: building materials (bark, root) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (timber) Products: carpentry and related applications (wood) Products: fuel and lighting (timber) Products: household, domestic and personal items
Products
english: African blackwoodenglish: Blackwood, African
Description
A tree to 12–15 m high, with straight trunk bearing a spreading crown, of the savanna, from Senegal to N Nigeria, and widespread in tropical Africa.The heart-wood is reddish, hard and close-grained. It dries slowly and seasons well. It is durable, borer a
References
References:1. Barbosa 10789, K. 2. Berhaut, 1975,b: 386–8. 3. Boaler 334, K. 4. Dalziel s.n.(1906), K. 5. Dalziel, 1937: 192 6. Greenway & Miller 5677, K. 7. Hallam, 1979: 76–77. 8. Howes, 1949,a: 75. 9. Irvine, 1961:303–5. 10. Jackson 72 (FHI 39604), K.
Contributor
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Erythrophleum africanum (Welw.) Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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