| Pterocarpus erinaceus Poir. |
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| Family : FABACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Pterocarpus |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Pterocarpus adansonii DC. (1825) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Deciduous tree 12-15 m (or more); bole slightly buttressed when old, to 60 cm Ø; bark rough, fissured, scaly, greyish brown to blackish; slash exuding red resin; crown high, few-branched, open, light; |
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| Ecology : |
Open country, wooded savanna, woodland; also edges of dense humid forest; sometimes on shallow soils; gravelly and lateritic soils, often at foot of slopes; 200-1030 m alt. |
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Has been seriously over-exploited (timer); attempts made to reafforestation of the savanna and establishments of stands one farms. - The heart-wood is a source of red dye. |
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Not in Angola (= P. angolensis ). Gabon? |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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| Record n°62762 |
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