Calpocalyx brevibracteatus Harms

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Ghana

• State/Province

  Ashanti

• Locality

  Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

• Coordinates

  6.63, -1.28

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 53	MIMOSACEAE
Calpocalvx brevibracteatus
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, 1°17’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Tree with small crown, 25m tall. Crooked,
round bole. Orange, very hard wood. Bark
brittle, smooth, gray, easily separates from
wood. Slash red, or orange-brown. Bipinnate
leaves; leaflets opposite, 4-7 pairs, apex
attenuate. Tiny, brown hairs, dense on
rachis.
S. Kisseadoo	29	Oct	1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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