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Afzelia pachyloba Harms

Specimen

MNHN-P-P00533277
AFT (Tropical Africa)

Taxonomy

Fabaceae
Afzelia pachyloba Harms

Origin

20 km from Kribi, N. of Lolodorf road
fr
1969-6-16
3° 1' 0.012'' N ; 10° 3' 0'' E
Large forest tree, about 30 m tall, diam. 1m., cut for "doussié "-timber, twigs dirty yellow brown, rhachis pale green, leaflets thinly leathery to rather coriaceous, smooth, shiny pale to bright green above, greenish-grey white with prom. Midrib below, fruits woody, very pale brown, slightly paler inside, seeds glossy black with a short yellow aril
High forest exloitation

Determination history

Bosch 1976
operation de numerisation 2010-2012