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Aganope stuhlmannii
Aganope stuhlmannii is a deciduous tree within the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and grows in savanna woodlands.
From the article Aganope stuhlmannii on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Medium-sized tree that can grow up to 27 meters tall, trunk; branchless up to 12 meters, cylindrical, straight, rough - flaky bark covering, grey - brown with red exudate, young twigs with brown hairs. Leaves: alternate arrangement, clustered near the ends of branches, imparipinnate compound with 4 - 8 leaflets. Leaflets, alternate or opposite, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ovate, 4 × 13 cm long and 2.5 × 6.5 cm wide, rounded apex and rounded to cordate at the base.
At the table
Used as source material of timber, red exudate obtained from bark used for tanning. In Ghana, leaves are used in decoctions to treat malaria fever. In parts of Togo, root bark extracts is used to treat sexual dysfunction and other plant extracts are used by traditional healers to treat a variety of diseases. Root decoctions can have adverse purgative effect.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Uses”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1608207.