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Dialium corbisieri

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Dialium corbisieri is a species of flowering plant, a medium to large tree in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.

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]

Uses

Wood

Its heavy, pinkish-brown wood, with a density of about 1020 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content, is very hard and can be used for the same purposes as Dialium aubrevillei.[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

  1. ^ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1998). "Dialium corbisieri". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1998: e.T33185A9758430. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33185A9758430.en. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva: African Flowering Plants Database.
  3. ^ a b Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2012. Dialium aubrevillei Pellegr. [Internet] Fiche de PROTA4U. Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editeurs). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Pays Bas.
  4. ^ a b Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2021-04-26.
  5. ^ Jean Gérard et al.: Tropix 7. CIRAD’s wood database, version 7.5.1 from May 2015
  6. ^ Ulrich Maloueki, et al.: Activités antimicrobiennes et antioxydantes des extraits aqueux totaux des fruits de Dialium corbisieri et Dialium gossweilerii (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae), consommés par les bonobos. in: Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 9(2): 633-642, April 2015.
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Dialium corbisieri: Brief Summary

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Dialium corbisieri is a species of flowering plant, a medium to large tree in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.

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. which occurs in Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Cabinda and Northern Angola.

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