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Bolusanthus speciosus

Authority (Bolus) Harms Family Magnoliopsida:Rosidae:Fabales:Leguminosae Synonyms Lonchocarpus speciosus H. Bol. Common names elephant wood, kgomo-nahlabana, mogapa, mogohlo, motsokophala, mpfimbahongonyi, mukumba, muswinga-phala, nsukungaphala, olifantshout, tree wistaria, umHohlo, Van Wykshout, vanwykshout, wild wistaria, wistaria tree Editor Ecocrop code 42760

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DESCRIPTION: It is a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree or shrub with one or more a straight trunks reaching 4-10 m or even 18 m in height. It has slender, light green leaves drooping at the ends of the arching branches, and long tresses of violet blooms. USE: The timber and has a variety of uses although the planks are rather small. It is excellent for general purposes such as furniture, household articles, tool handles and veneer. It makes an excellent garden ornamental although the flowering period is very brief. The dried inner bark is used to treat and relieve abdominal disorders. Boiled root decoctions are also taken orally for stomach problems. An infusion from the root is used as an emetic. GROWING PERIOD: Perennial. COMMON NAMES: Tree wistaria, Wild wistaria, Elephant wood. FURTHER INF: It can be found in tropical savanna, in wooded grassland, at low to medium altitude, in a variety of soil types but prefers heavier alkaline soils. It usually grows singly or in groups and prefers open savanna woodlands and very seldom occurs in thickets. Found in South Africa, Swaziland, eastern Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola.
Sources
EcoPort, Entity 42760, Ellis R.P., 2001