Dialium polyanthum
{{Short description|Species of legume}}
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|status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = World Conservation Monitoring Centre | title = Dialium corbisieri | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 1998 | page = e.T33185A9758430 | publisher = IUCN | date = 1998 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/33185/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33185A9758430.en | access-date = 16 December 2017| doi-access = free }}
|genus = Dialium
|species = polyanthum
|authority = Harms
|synonyms = * Dialium aubrevillei Pellegr.
- Dialium corbisieri Staner
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Dialium polyanthum is a species of flowering plant, a medium to large tree in the family Fabaceae, subfamily Dialioideae.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:492350-1#synonyms POWO: Dialium polyanthum Harms]
The trees grow in flooded forest or on dry ground, on swamp- and stream sides, reaching 35 m in height with a bole up to 100 cm in diameter.Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques, Geneva: African Flowering Plants Database. which occurs in Congo-Brazzaville and Congo-Kinshasa, Gabon, Cabinda and Northern Angola.
Uses
= Wood =
Also known as Dialium aubrevillei, its heavy, pinkish-brown wood, with a density of about 1020 kg/m³ at 12% moisture content, is very hard.Lemmens, R.H.M.J., 2012. Dialium aubrevillei Pellegr. [Internet] Fiche de PROTA4U. Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editeurs). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Pays Bas. The wood is locally used as firewood and for charcoal production,Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2021-04-26.
= Fruit =
The fruits are used in traditional medicine.Ulrich Maloueki, et al.: Activités antimicrobiennes et antioxydantes des extraits aqueux totaux des fruits de Dialium corbisieri et Dialium gossweilerii (Fabaceae-Caesalpinioideae), consommés par les bonobos. in: Int. J. Biol. Chem. Sci. 9(2): 633-642, April 2015.