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Leguminosae
Description
Tree 4 to 30 m high, crown flattened. Young branchlets rusty-pubescent;
flowers white or greenish white. Pod oblong, flat, 9 to 19 cm long x 1.9
to 3.2 cm wide, pubescent. Seeds 7 to 9.5 mm x 6.5 to 8.5 mm, flattened
(Brennan, 1959).
Distribution
Widespread in tropical Africa from the Gambia and Kenya to
Angola and South Africa.
Characteristics
Found in lowland rain forest, deciduous woodland, wooded grassland
and upland at altitudes of 30 to 1 680 m.
Cattle graze the coppice regrowth after the trees are fallen for cultivation.
The leaves contain 20.13 percent crude protein, 0.20 percent Ca, 0.35 percent
P, 0.20 percent Mg and 1.66 percent K (Lawton, 1968).
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