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Pterocarpus osun Craib

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Pterocarpus Jacq.

Pterocarpus osun Craib [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Camwood [212]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Cameroon (N) [212]; Congo (N) [212]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [212]; Gabon (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]; Zaire (N) [212]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [212];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [3, 212] ; Distribution Map [215] ; Illustration [3, 215]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Wood [14]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.		Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
		Nigerian Trees Vol.2

14.		Dalziel, J.M., 1937
		The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

212.		Hepper, F.N., 1958
		Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

215.		Rojo, J.P., 1972
		Phanerog.Monogr. 5:1-119 Pterocarpus (Leguminosae-Papilion..

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