Aubrevillea kerstingii

Aubrevillea kerstingii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Caesalpinioideae
Clade:	Mimosoid clade
Genus:	Aubrevillea
Species:	A. kerstingii
Binomial name
Aubrevillea kerstingii (Harms) Pellegr.
Synonyms[1]
Piptadenia kerstingii Harms

Aubrevillea kerstingii is a large tree within the Fabaceae family. It occurs in semi-deciduous forests, gallery forests and also found in the savannah woodland zones of West and Central Africa.[2][3]

Description

The species is a large tree that grows up to 35 meters in height with a long straight trunk and plank like buttresses spreading up to 3 meters from the trunk; its bark is reddish brown and scaly[3][2] Leaves are bipinnately compound, 6-8 pairs of pinnae consisting of 20-30 pairs of leaflets per pinnae; leaflets are up to 2 cm long and 4 cm wide and are glabrous at maturity, they are oblong in outline and pointed at the top.[3] Inflorescence is raceme like, fruit is an indehiscent and membranous pod that is oblong in shape, up tp 16 mm in length.[3][2]

References

1. "Aubrevillea kerstingii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
2. Savill, Peter S.; Fox, J. E. D. (1967). Trees of Sierra Leone.
3. Aubréville, André (1959). La flore forestière de la Côte d'Ivoire (in French). Centre Technique Forestier Tropical.