Aubrevillea_kerstingii

<i>Aubrevillea kerstingii</i>

Aubrevillea kerstingii

Species of tree

Aubrevillea kerstingii is a large tree within the Fabaceae family. It occurs in semi-deciduous forests, gallery forests and also found in the savannah woodland zones of West and Central Africa.[2][3]

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Description

The species is a large tree that grows up to 35 meters in height with a long straight trunk and plank like buttresses spreading up to 3 meters from the trunk; its bark is reddish brown and scaly[3][2] Leaves are bipinnately compound, 6-8 pairs of pinnae consisting of 20-30 pairs of leaflets per pinnae; leaflets are up to 2 cm long and 4 cm wide and are glabrous at maturity, they are oblong in outline and pointed at the top.[3] Inflorescence is raceme like, fruit is an indehiscent and membranous pod that is oblong in shape, up tp 16 mm in length.[3][2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Aubrevillea kerstingii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
  2. [2]
    Savill, Peter S.; Fox, J. E. D. (1967). Trees of Sierra Leone.
  3. [3]
    Aubréville, André (1959). La flore forestière de la Côte d'Ivoire (in French). Centre Technique Forestier Tropical.


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