| Aganope stuhlmannii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Faboideae |
| Genus: | Aganope |
| Species: | A. stuhlmannii |
| Binomial name | |
| Aganope stuhlmannii (Taub.) Adema | |
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Aganope stuhlmannii is a deciduous tree within the family Fabaceae. It is native to tropical Africa and grows in savanna woodlands.
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. [1] 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. [1]
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. [2] 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. [3]