Microberlinia brazzavillensis
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Microberlinia brazzavillensis is a tree in the legume family in the carob subfamily. It occurs in central Africa in Gabon , in the Central African Republic and in the Congo .
description
Microberlinia brazzavillensis grows as a tree up to 45 meters high. The trunk diameter reaches 120-150 centimeters. The reddish-brown bark is scaly. Smaller buttress roots are mostly formed.
The alternate and short-stalked leaves are pinnate in pairs with 14–28 leaflets . The slightly winged rhachis is slightly hairy. The entire, rounded, pointed and elongated, leathery and thick leaves are sessile and 10–16 millimeters long with a mostly truncated, often uneven base. The larger stipules are sloping.
More or less reddish hairy, terminal or axillary bunches are formed at the branch ends. The hermaphrodite and stalked flowers are five-fold with a double flower envelope . They are underlaid by two bracts and there are sloping, larger bracts. 2 sepals are fused and 3 free, they are bare. The mostly white, nailed petals are free and almost bare, one is slightly larger than the other. Of the 10 stamens , 9 are fused in the lower part and one is free. The longer stalked gynophore and laterally standing ovary is constantly above, with a long stylus .
Flat, glabrous and pointed, woody legumes with two prominent longitudinal ribs are formed. They are up to 18 inches long and up to 5 inches wide and contain 3–6 seeds. The egg-shaped to round, smooth seeds are flat and blackish and up to about 1.5-2 centimeters in size.
use
The medium and hard, very resistant wood , zebra wood is known as Zingana and Zebrano and African zebrawood , it is because of its decorative stripes in great demand and is often used as a veneer or for turning. That of Julbernardia pellegriniana is similar .
literature
- ON Allen, Ethel K. Allen: The Leguminosae. Univ. of Wisconsin Press, ISBN 0-299-08400-0 , pp. 433 f.
Web links
- Microberlinia brazzavillensis at PROTA.
- Microberlinia at DELTA (with illustration).
- Microberlinia brazzavillensis . In: S. Dressler, M. Schmidt, G. Zizka (Eds.): African plants - A Photo Guide. Senckenberg, Frankfurt / Main 2014.