Summary
Place of publication:
Hooker's Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2369. 1895
Verified:
11/12/1993
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
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- National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979
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- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
African coralwood – African padauk – barwood – Gabon padauk – muenge – redwood – French
bois rouge – Swedish
afrikansk padauk –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | potential as vegetable | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
Materials | tannin/dyestuff | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
Materials | wood | | National Academy of Sciences. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. 1979 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=312067.
Accessed 20 September 2024.