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Species of plant

Pericopsis angolensis
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Faboideae
Genus: Pericopsis
Species: P. angolensis
Binomial name
Pericopsis angolensis
(Baker) Meeuwen

Pericopsis angolensis is a deciduous small to medium-sized tree within the Fabaceae family.

Description

Pericopsis angolensis grows as a shrub or as a small to medium-sized tree capable of reaching 20 m tall, sometimes up to 27 m. The bark of younger trees is often smooth but becomes fissurred and flaky when mature; the bark is light grey to brown in color and the slash is yellowish and fibrous. Leaves are alternate and imparipinnately compound with stipules and petioles present. Leaflets are ovate to elliptical in shape, can reach up to 9.5 cm long and 5 cm wide, cuneate to rounded at the base and notched to rounded at the top. The inflorescence is often arranged in panicles.

Wood

Its woods is hard and heavy and the heartwood is greenish brown and the sapwood yellow-grey.

Infraspecies

  • Pericopsis angolensis f. angolensis
  • Pericopsis angolensis f. brasseuriana (De Wild.) Brummitt
  • Pericopsis angolensis f. intermedia Yakovlev

Distribution and habitat

The species is native to Central and Tropical Africa, it is found in woodlands and wooded grassland. It is a common timber tree in the Miombo ecoregion.

Chemistry

Methanol and chloroform extracts of the species resulted in the isolation of 3,9-dimethoxypterocarpan, a derivative of Isoflavanoids and 3,4,3',5'-tetrahydroxystilbene, a stilbenol.

Uses

Its wood is used in construction and furniture making.

References

  1. Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI); IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group (2019). "Pericopsis angolensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T146223839A146223841. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T146223839A146223841.en. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ Louppe, Dominique, ed. (2008). Plant resources of tropical Africa. 7,1: Timbers: 1 / ed.: D. Louppe; A. A. Oteng-Amoako. General ed.: R. H. M. J. Lemmens. Weikersheim: Margraf. p. 422. ISBN 978-90-5782-209-4.
  3. ^ Harper, S. H.; Kemp, A. D.; Underwood, W. G. E.; Campbell, R. V. M. (1969). "Pterocarpanoid constituents of the heartwoods of Pericopsis angolensis and Swartzia madagascariensis". Journal of the Chemical Society C: Organic (8): 1109. doi:10.1039/j39690001109. ISSN 0022-4952.
  4. ^ Sangumbe, Lino Manuel Vicente; Pereira, Miguel; Carrillo, Isabel; Mendonça, Regis Teixeira (2018). "An exploratory evaluation of the pulpability of Brachystegia spiciformis and Pericopsis angolensis from the angolan miombo woodlands". Maderas. Ciencia y tecnología (ahead): 0–0. doi:10.4067/S0718-221X2018005002301. ISSN 0718-221X.
  5. "Pericopsis angolensis (Baker) Meeuwen | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-04-16.
Taxon identifiers
Pericopsis angolensis
Ormosia angolensis
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