Pierreodendron kerstingii
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| Internal ID | UUID64400134e92a6252470260 |
| Scientific name | Pierreodendron kerstingii |
| Authority | (Engl.) Little |
| First published in | Phytologia 3: 156 (1949) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
Soft hardwood sawn timber, veneer, and plywood; planed lumber for joinery and interior fittings. Logs and lumber are traded under the regional names akom and akum (sometimes recorded as akom-kum or akum-kum). Trade flows are linked to West African coastal ports.
Wood and fiber:
The wood is used for high-value joinery and furniture, interior doors and frames, cabinetry, paneling and cladding, and flooring. It is also used for veneer, moldings, and turned items such as handles, brush backs, and laminated veneer lumber. Planing yields a smooth finish suitable for clear coatings. The timber can be converted to pulp for paper through mechanical or chemical processes when co-utilized with other hardwoods.
Properties relevant to use:
Specific gravity (air-dry) typically about 0.49–0.55; the wood dries readily and is relatively stable in service. Tangential shrinkage is lower than for many mahoganies, reducing risk of checking. Workability is good with standard woodworking tools; the wood holds nails and screws well and takes finishes readily. Color is reddish-brown to golden with interlocked grain and fine to medium texture, supporting clear finishing in furniture and interior applications.
Sustainability and sourcing:
The species is native to the Guineo-Congolian forest zone and adjacent savanna-forest mosaics in West Africa. Forests in parts of its range are under pressure from logging and land-use change. Sustainable sourcing is promoted through regional timber classifications and international timber trade controls such as the EU Timber Regulation and the Lacey Act, encouraging chain-of-custody documentation and verification of origin.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Mannia simarubopsis | Pellegr. | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 77: 665 (1930 publ. 1931) |
| Mannia kerstingii | (Engl.) Harms | Nat. Pflanzenfam. ed. 2 , 19a: 371 (1931) |
| Simarubopsis kerstingii | Engl. | Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 46: 280 (1911) |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
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- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Togo
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West Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000474987 |
| Tropicos | 50088367 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813984-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2549737 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 6128070 |
| IUCN Red List | 32281 |
| IPNI | 813984-1 |
| iNaturalist | 185011 |
| GBIF | 5555208 |
| Freebase | /m/02xc65c |
| Wikipedia | Pierreodendron_kerstingii |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
| Title | Authors | Publication | Released | IDs | ||||
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| Aurantiamide Acetate, Quassinoids, and a Canthinone from the Stem Bark of Pierreodendron kerstingii | Stephen A. Ampofo, Peter G. Waterman | American Chemical Society (ACS) | 17-Mar-2005 |
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| Dehydroailanthinone, a new antileukemic quassinoid from Pierreodendron kerstingii. | Kupchan SM, Lacadie JA | J Org Chem | 07-Mar-1975 |
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| In private collections | 0 |
| In public collections | 0 |