African Plant Database


Microberlinia bisulcata A. Chev.
Family : Caesalpiniaceae
Family (APGIII) : FABACEAE
Protologue : Rev. Bot. Appl. 26: 589 (1946)
Information on the genus : Microberlinia
 
 
Status
Status for TA : accepted (present)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Berlinia bisulcata (A. Chev.) Troupin
 Berlinia bifurcata (A. Chev.) Troupin (1950)
 
Ecology and distribution
Trop. Afr.
Biology : Deciduous tree to over 40 m; bole cylindrical, to 75 cm Ø, c. 20 m to lowest branching; buttresses at base to 3 m high.
Ecology : Rain-forest with Lophira, Sacoglottis; codominant in groves of ectomycorrhizal Caesalpiniceae; on sandy well-drained acid soils with low phosphorous availability; 1-400 m alt.
  Plants have very poor regeneration.
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under The International Plant Name Index
 
Map
carte afrique num 71003
 
Record n°71003
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