Pterocarpus santalinoides
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Pterocarpus santalinoides is a tree species in the legume family (biology) (Fabaceae); it is locally known as mututi.[1]
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).[2]
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.[3]
Footnotes
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- ↑ Prado (1998), ILDIS (2005)
- ↑ World Agroforestry Centre: Pterocarpus santalinoides
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References
- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>International Legume Database & Information Service (ILDIS) (2005): Pterocarpus santalinoides. Version 10.01, November 2005. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.
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- <templatestyles src="smallcaps/styles.css"/>World Agroforestry Centre (WAC) [2008]: AgroForestryTree Database – Pterocarpus santalinoides. Retrieved 2008-NOV-01.