Cynometra ananta

Cynometra ananta
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Genus:	Cynometra
Species:	C. ananta
Binomial name
	Cynometra ananta; Hutch. & Dalziel

Cynometra ananta is a perennial large tree within the Fabaceae family. Its timber is traded under the name Apome in Ivory Coast and Ananta in Ghana.

Taxonomy

The genus Cynometra is composed of pantropical species of which 25 is native to Tropical Africa. Some of the African species have fruit descriptions dissimilar to Cynometra species from the Asian continent and may yet form a distinct genera in the future.^[1]

Description

The species is a large tree capable of growing up to 36 meters tall and reaching a diameter of 120 cm, its trunk is straight, angular and rarely cylindrical, at the base of the tree are thin root buttresses up to 3 meters or more in height and extends along the ground.^[1] At maturity, the bark is reddish-brown. Leaves, paripinnate compound arrangement, bifoliate, commonly having a pair of leaflets, stipules present, and about 1 mm long, petiole, 3–5 mm long.^[1] Leaf-blade, alternate with a falcate outline and a glabrous surface; leaflets are 6–10 cm long and 1–4 cm wide with a coriaceous surface, acuminate or acute apex.^[1] Fruit, oblong to obovate, flat, smooth brown pod, rounded at the base, widest around the middle, apiculate at the apex, 1-2 seeded.^[1]

Distribution

Largely occurs in dense and deciduous forests of West Africa but can also be found in semi-deciduous zones. Found in Ivory Coast, Liberia and Ghana.^[2]

Uses

Wood is hard and heavy and is commonly used in heavy construction work, bridge and railway building.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Voorhoeve, A. G. (1979). Liberian high forest trees : a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (2nd impr ed.). Wageningen: Pudoc. pp. 167–170. ISBN 90-220-0701-4. OCLC 63303450.
^ ^a ^b Timbers 2. R.H.M.J. Lemmens, D. Louppe. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation. 2012. p. 261. ISBN 978-92-9081-495-5. OCLC 808216267.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[:0-1] Voorhoeve, A. G. (1979). Liberian high forest trees : a systematic botanical study of the 75 most important or frequent high forest trees, with reference to numerous related species (2nd impr ed.). Wageningen: Pudoc. pp. 167–170. ISBN 90-220-0701-4. OCLC 63303450.

[:1-2] Timbers 2. R.H.M.J. Lemmens, D. Louppe. Wageningen: PROTA Foundation. 2012. p. 261. ISBN 978-92-9081-495-5. OCLC 808216267.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

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