Hymenostegia afzelii

Leguminosae-Caes.
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Liberia
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
-
Author (Species)
(Oliver) Harms
Rank
-
Taxon
-
Author (Sub Species/Variant)
-
Literature
FWTA 1: 464
Vouchers
Bos 2460 (K, WAG); de Wilde 3675 (S, WAG)
Common Name(s)
Not Known
Notes
A small to medium-sized, common understory tree in most forest types, sometimes gregarious, rarely bigger than 20 cm Ø; also on sandy coastal plains. Very thin, smooth bark with yellowish slash with darker inner bark and red patches, tasting sweet. Very hard, yellowish wood. The winged rachis is diagnostic. Flowers white. Fruit a flat, obovate, dehiscent pod of 7 - 9 x 3.5 cm.;the upper pair larger;rachis winged;big tree;yellow