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Pterocarpus santalinoides

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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

  1. ^ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International; et al. (BGCI) (2019). "Pterocarpus santalinoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T33471A156109978. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T33471A156109978.en.
  2. ^ "Pterocarpus santalinoides". Actos Database. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b ILDIS (2005)
  4. ^ Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
  5. ^ World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides

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Pterocarpus santalinoides: Brief Summary

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Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.

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).

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.

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