Top Qs
Timeline
Chat
Perspective
Dialium polyanthum
Species of legume From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Remove ads
Dialium polyanthum is a species of flowering plant, a medium to large tree in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.[1]
The trees grow in flooded forest or on dry ground, on swamp- and stream sides, reaching 35 m in height with a bole up to 100 cm in diameter.[2] which occurs in Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon,[3] Cabinda and Northern Angola.[4]
Remove ads
Uses
Wood
Also known as Dialium aubrevillei, its heavy, pinkish-brown wood, with a density of about 1020 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content, is very hard.[3] The wood is locally used as firewood and for charcoal production,[4] but it can also been used for construction.[5]
Fruit
The fruits are used in traditional medicine.[6]
References
Wikiwand - on
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Remove ads