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Cryptosepalum staudtii (PROTA)

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<big>''[[Cryptosepalum staudtii]]'' Harms</big>
 
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:Protologue: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 26: 267 (1899).
:Family: Caesalpiniaceae (Leguminosae - Caesalpinioideae)
 
== Synonyms ==
 
 
 
== Vernacular names ==
 
 
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
''Cryptosepalum'' comprises about 11 species and is restricted to tropical Africa. It seems most closely related to ''Paramacrolobium''.
=== ''Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum'' ===''[[Cryptosepalum tetraphyllum]]'' (Hook.f.) Benth. is a small to medium-sized tree, occasionally up to 30 m tall with straight, cylindrical bole up to 80 cm in diameter. It is characterized by 4 leaflets per leaf, the basal ones smaller. It occurs in West Africa, from Guinea to Ghana. Its wood, described as whitish to pinkish and of rather poor quality, is sometimes used in construction although difficult to nail.
== Anatomy ==
Wood-anatomical description (IAWA hardwood codes):
*Growth rings: 2: growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; 23: shape of alternate pits polygonal; 26: intervessel pits medium (7–10 μm); 29: vestured pits; 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 42: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100–200 μm; 46: <font size="1">≤</font> 5 vessels per square millimetre; 47: 5–20 vessels per square millimetre; 58: gums and other deposits in heartwood vessels. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 69: fibres thin- to thick-walled; 70: fibres very thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: 80: axial parenchyma aliform; (81: axial parenchyma lozenge-aliform); (82: axial parenchyma winged-aliform); 83: axial parenchyma confluent; 89: axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands; 91: two cells per parenchyma strand; 92: four (3–4) cells per parenchyma strand; 93: eight (5–8) cells per parenchyma strand. *Rays: 97: ray width 1–3 cells; 104: all ray cells procumbent; (106: body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells); 115: 4–12 rays per mm. *Secretory elements and cambial variants: 131: intercellular canals of traumatic origin. *Mineral inclusions: 136: prismatic crystals present; 142: prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells; (143: prismatic crystals in fibres).
(P. Mugabi, P. Baas & H. Beeckman)
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