Pterocarpus santalinoides
| Pterocarpus santalinoides | |
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| Pterocarpus santalinoides inflorescences, Comoé-Léraba reserve, Burkina Faso | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Pterocarpus |
| Species: | P. santalinoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocarpus santalinoides | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Lingoum esculentum (Schum. & Thonn.) Kuntze | |
Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.[3]
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).[4]
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.[5]
Footnotes
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- ^ a b ILDIS (2005)
- ^ Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
- ^ World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides
References
[edit | edit source]- International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Pterocarpus santalinoides. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.
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- World Agroforestry Centre (WAC) [2008]: AgroForestryTree Database – Pterocarpus santalinoides. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.
- Pterocarpus santalinoides in West African plants – A Photo Guide.
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