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<big>''[[Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense]]'' (M.Peltier) Yakovlev</big>
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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense'' (PROTA)}}
:Protologue: Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 14: 138 (1977).
:Family: Papilionaceae (Leguminosae - Papilionoideae, Fabaceae)
== Synonyms ==
*''Lovanafia mahafaliensis'' M.Peltier (1972). == Vernacular names ==
== Origin and geographic distribution ==
The heartwood is red-brown and distinctly demarcated from the 2–3 cm wide, yellowish sapwood. The grain is straight, texture fine. The density is 910–1050 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content. The wood is very hard and it dries slowly. It is stable when dried and takes a good finish. The heartwood is durable. It is resistant to fungi, ''Lyctus'' beetles and termites. Impregnation by preservatives is difficult. The sapwood is not durable.
== Botany Description ==
*Deciduous shrub or small tree up to 12 m tall; bole up to 45 cm in diameter; young twigs shortly hairy. *Leaves alternate, imparipinnately compound with 5–13 leaflets; stipules lanceolate; petiole and rachis shortly hairy; leaflets alternate or opposite, elliptical to oblong-elliptical, (1–)1.5–3.5(–4.5) cm × 0.5–2 cm, rounded to shallowly notched at apex, thinly leathery, glabrous but hairy on midrib and margins. *Inflorescence a terminal or axillary, dense raceme 3–11 cm long, many-flowered. *Flowers bisexual, regular, 5-merous; pedicel with small bract near the middle; calyx broadly cup-shaped, c. 2 mm long, shallowly toothed, hairy and glandular; petals more or less equal, oblong-elliptical, 6–9 mm × 2–3 mm, with a slender claw at base, creamy white to yellowish; stamens 10, free; ovary superior, glandular, 1-celled, style cylindrical, straight, stigma head-shaped. *Fruit an ellipsoid-obovoid pod 2–3 cm × 1–2 cm, flattened, thin and brittle, densely glandular, indehiscent, 1(–2)-seeded. *Seed kidney-shaped, 5.5–7 mm long, brown. == Other botanical information ==
''Dicraeopetalum'' comprises 3 species, 2 of which are endemic to Madagascar and the third one to East Africa. It appears to be related to ''Cadia'', which also has regular flowers but these are larger and pink to purple. Both genera resemble ''Caesalpiniaceae'', but the upper petal is usually outside the other petals in bud, which is typical for ''Papilionaceae''.
=== ''Dicraeopetalum capuronianum'' ===The wood of ''[[Dicraeopetalum capuronianum]]'' (M.Peltier) Yakovlev is used for tools. This species is also endemic to southern Madagascar, where it is uncommon. It differs from ''Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense'' in its leaflets which are densely pubescent below, and in its pods which are densely pubescent, non-glandular and narrowly winged.
Growth of ''Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense'' is slow. The tree usually flowers before new leaves develop.
== Ecology ==
''Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense'' occurs in dry woodland and scrubland up to 250 m altitude, on sandy or rocky soils over limestone.
== Management ==
== Author(s) ==
* R.H.M.J. Lemmens , PROTA Network Office Europe, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 341, 6700 AH Wageningen, Netherlands
== Correct citation of this article ==
Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2007. '''Dicraeopetalum mahafaliense''' (M.Peltier) Yakovlev. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Louppe, D., Oteng-Amoako, A.A. & Brink, M. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.
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