Die bosoordeelboom (Erythrophleum suaveolens) is 'n middelgroot tot groot boom. Dit word langs riviere en in tropiese woude in die Benede-Zambezivallei aangetref.
Dit word van Senegal tot Soedan en Kenia en vandaar tot Zimbabwe en Mosambiek aangetref. Dit groei in vogtige halfbladwisselende woude, galerybosse en bosveld van seevlak tot 1 100 m hoog. Dit is afwesig in immergroenwoude.[1]
Dit is 'n middelgroot boom wat 25 – 30 m hoog kan word en dikwels lae vertakkings het. Die bas het fyn skeurtjies en is grys van kleur. Dit het afwisselende blare; die blaarsteel en -spil kan 35 cm lank word. Die bloeiwyse is 'n okselstandige pluim met piekagtige trosse wat 12 cm lank kan word. Die vrug is 'n plat met 'n effens geboë peul. 5-17 cm x 3-5 cm.[1]
Die bas word dikwels vir medisinale doeleindes gebruik en is in die laat 19de eeu ook na Europa uitgevoer waar dit teen hartsiektes gebruik is. Later is dit deur digitoksien vervang. Die hout van die boom is hard, swaar en duursaam. Die hout se kern is geelbruin of rooibruin en het 'n digtheid van 900 kg/m³ met 'n voggehalte van 12%. Die hout word baie stadig droog en kan vervorm en 5 – 8 % krimp in verskeie rigtings. Wanneer dit droog is, is dit taamlik stabiel. Die hout is moeilik om te saag, maar die hout is bestand teen swamme, termiete en houtboorders.[1]
Die bosoordeelboom (Erythrophleum suaveolens) is 'n middelgroot tot groot boom. Dit word langs riviere en in tropiese woude in die Benede-Zambezivallei aangetref.
Dit word van Senegal tot Soedan en Kenia en vandaar tot Zimbabwe en Mosambiek aangetref. Dit groei in vogtige halfbladwisselende woude, galerybosse en bosveld van seevlak tot 1 100 m hoog. Dit is afwesig in immergroenwoude.
Dit is 'n middelgroot boom wat 25 – 30 m hoog kan word en dikwels lae vertakkings het. Die bas het fyn skeurtjies en is grys van kleur. Dit het afwisselende blare; die blaarsteel en -spil kan 35 cm lank word. Die bloeiwyse is 'n okselstandige pluim met piekagtige trosse wat 12 cm lank kan word. Die vrug is 'n plat met 'n effens geboë peul. 5-17 cm x 3-5 cm.
Die bas word dikwels vir medisinale doeleindes gebruik en is in die laat 19de eeu ook na Europa uitgevoer waar dit teen hartsiektes gebruik is. Later is dit deur digitoksien vervang. Die hout van die boom is hard, swaar en duursaam. Die hout se kern is geelbruin of rooibruin en het 'n digtheid van 900 kg/m³ met 'n voggehalte van 12%. Die hout word baie stadig droog en kan vervorm en 5 – 8 % krimp in verskeie rigtings. Wanneer dit droog is, is dit taamlik stabiel. Die hout is moeilik om te saag, maar die hout is bestand teen swamme, termiete en houtboorders.
Erythrophleum suaveolens, also known as the ordeal tree, is a species of flowering plant that can be found across most of tropical Africa.[2] The species are 20 metres (66 ft) in height, and have a rough and blackish bark. The plants leaves have 2–3 pairs of pinnae, which carry 7–13 leaflets. The leaflets are 5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.97 in × 0.98 in), are green coloured and ovate. The flowers have fluffy spikes, and are creamy-yellow coloured. Fruits are hard, the pod of which is flat.[3]
The bark of the tree has been used in Liberia to make a toxic concoction used for a form of trial by ordeal called "sassywood".[4] This use has given it the common name of the "Ordeal Tree".[5]
Erythrophleum suaveolens, also known as the ordeal tree, is a species of flowering plant that can be found across most of tropical Africa. The species are 20 metres (66 ft) in height, and have a rough and blackish bark. The plants leaves have 2–3 pairs of pinnae, which carry 7–13 leaflets. The leaflets are 5 by 2.5 centimetres (1.97 in × 0.98 in), are green coloured and ovate. The flowers have fluffy spikes, and are creamy-yellow coloured. Fruits are hard, the pod of which is flat.
The bark of the tree has been used in Liberia to make a toxic concoction used for a form of trial by ordeal called "sassywood". This use has given it the common name of the "Ordeal Tree".
Inflorescence of Erythrophleum suaveolens in Cameroon.
Crveno vodeno drvo (lat. Erythrophleum suaveolens), vrsta korisnog drveta iz tropske Afrike. Jedno je od dese vrsta u rodu eritrofleum, porodica mahunarki.
Naraste između 9 i 30 metara visine[1]. Kora se koristi u medicini (emetik i purgativ).[2]
Crveno vodeno drvo (lat. Erythrophleum suaveolens), vrsta korisnog drveta iz tropske Afrike. Jedno je od dese vrsta u rodu eritrofleum, porodica mahunarki.
Naraste između 9 i 30 metara visine. Kora se koristi u medicini (emetik i purgativ).
Erythrophleum suaveolens là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được (Guill. & Perr.) Brenan miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên.[1]
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