Detarium microcarpum Guillemin & Perrottet

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Detarium Juss.
Tribe: Detarieae
References: [11]

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Other names:

• Detarium senegalense sensu auct. [Misapplied] [11]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Forage [14]
  
• Medicine [14]
  
• Wood [14]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Cameroon [11]
  • Central African Rep. [11]
  • Chad [64]
  • Gambia The [11]
  • Ghana [11]
  • Guinea [11]
  • Guinea Bissau [11]
  • Ivory Coast [11]
  • Mali [11]
  • Niger [11]
  • Nigeria [11]
  • Senegal [11]
  • Sudan [11]
  • Togo [11]

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Notes:

• Confused with D.senegalense pre-1950 (FWTA).
  
• A species characteristic of shallow soils and rocky sites.(White ref.33).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:51:17