Pericopsis angolensis
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| Pericopsis angolensis | |
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Scientific 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.
Wood
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.[2] 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.[2] 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.[2] The inflorescence is often arranged in panicles.
Its woods is hard and heavy and the heartwood is greenish brown and the sapwood yellow-grey.[3][4]
Infraspecies
Source:[5]
- Pericopsis angolensis f. angolensis
- Pericopsis angolensis f. brasseuriana (De Wild.) Brummitt
- Pericopsis angolensis f. intermedia Yakovlev