| Cynometra ananta | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Cynometra |
| Species: | C. ananta |
| Binomial name | |
| Cynometra ananta | |
Cynometra ananta is a perennial large tree within the Fabaceae family. [2] [3] Its timber is traded under the name Apome in Ivory Coast and Ananta in Ghana.
The genus Cynometra is composed of pantropical species of which 25 is native to Tropical Africa. Some of the African species have fruit descriptions dissimilar to Cynometra species from the Asian continent and may yet form a distinct genera in the future. [4]
The species is a large tree capable of growing up to 36 meters tall and reaching a diameter of 120 cm, its trunk is straight, angular and rarely cylindrical, at the base of the tree are thin root buttresses up to 3 meters or more in height and extends along the ground. [4] At maturity, the bark is reddish-brown. Leaves, paripinnate compound arrangement, bifoliate, commonly having a pair of leaflets, stipules present, and about 1 mm long, petiole, 3–5 mm long. [4] Leaf-blade, alternate with a falcate outline and a glabrous surface; leaflets are 6–10 cm long and 1–4 cm wide with a coriaceous surface, acuminate or acute apex. [4] Fruit, oblong to obovate, flat, smooth brown pod, rounded at the base, widest around the middle, apiculate at the apex, 1-2 seeded. [4]
Largely occurs in dense and deciduous forests of West Africa but can also be found in semi-deciduous zones. Found in Ivory Coast, Liberia and Ghana. [5]
Wood is hard and heavy and is commonly used in heavy construction work, bridge and railway building. [5]
Erythrina lysistemon is a species of deciduous tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to South Africa. Common names include common coral-tree, lucky bean tree, umsintsi (Xhosa), muvhale (Venda), mophete (Tswana), koraalboom of kanniedood (Afrikaans), mokhungwane (Sotho) and mutiti (Shona). It is regularly cultivated as a tree for gardens and parks.
Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Didelotia idae is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae, found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss. The wood of the species is traded under the name 'Gombe'.
Gilbertiodendron bilineatum is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Gilbertiodendron splendidum is a tall forest tree of lowland swamp forests of coastal West Africa in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Upper Guinean forests along coastal regions of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Albizia ferruginea is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by deforestation
Piptostigma fugax is a species of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Liberia. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Distemonanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. It contains a single species, Distemonanthus benthamianus, a deciduous tree, which occurs widely but sparsely in the forest regions of Tropical West and Central Africa; it is sometimes confused with Pericopsis laxiflora due to similar morphological features.
Zanha golungensis, commonly known as the smooth-fruited zanha, is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae that is native to Africa. It is used locally for timber and herbal medicine.
Lannea welwitschii is a species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the tropical rainforests of West and Central Africa. The timber is used to make furniture and utensils and for many other purposes, the fruits can be eaten, and the bark is used to produce a dye, for making rope and in traditional medicine.
Ongokea is a genus of flowering plants, with one species Ongokea gore (Boleko). In the APG IV system, the genus is placed in the family Olacaceae. Other sources place it in the segregate family Aptandraceae.
Osodendron altissimum, formerly known as Albizia altissima, is a low branching tree within the Fabaceae family, it grows along river banks in the Lower and Upper Guinean and Congolian forests of west and central Africa.
Bridelia grandis is an evergreen tree within the Euphorbiaceae family, it occurs in secondary forests of Central and West Africa. Its wood is traded under the name Assas, a name it shares with Bridelia micrantha.
Gambeya africana is a medium-sized species of tree in the family Sapotaceae. Along with the closely related species Gambeya albida, it is sometimes known as African star apple. Both species have similar leaf indumentum and are widespread in the Lower and Upper Guinea forest mosaic.
Anthonotha fragrans is a medium to large sized tree commonly found in the rainforest environments of West and Central Africa; it belongs to the Fabaceae family. Its sapwood exudes a white to creamy exudate.
Pentaclethra macrophylla, also known as the African oil bean, tree is a large size tree with long bipinnate compound leaves that is endemic to West and Central Africa. It is within the family Fabaceae. Seeds of the species are prepared and fermented to make Ugba, a soup condiment in Nigeria.
Entandrophragma angolense, called the tiama, is a tree species with alternate, pinnately compound leaves that are clustered at the ends of branches. It is within the family Meliaceae and has a wide distribution area, occurring in moist semi-deciduous and evergreen forest regions of Tropical Africa from Sierra Leone to Uganda.
Strephonema pseudocola is a species of flowering plant in the family Combretaceae. It is a tree found in the forests of tropical West Africa. It was first described from the Ivory Coast.
Brachystegia leonensis is a medium to tall sized tree occurring in the rain forests of West Africa, belonging to the family Fabaceae. It is one of three species within the genus Brachystegia that is represented in West Africa. It is morphologically close to Brachystegia kennedyi, a species occurring in Nigeria.
Daniellia ogea is a species of tree that belongs to the family Fabaceae. It is also known locally as the gum copal tree, the Benin copal, or the Accra copal, and it is traded under the name Faro.
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