Doomed

Grand specimen of Burkea africana too close to main road for its own good. There is an old wounded area on the trunk and a more recent rectangle where the bark has been stripped, possibly last year. This damage is assumed to be due to harvesting the bar

desxeiption copiedfrom iSpot: Grand specimen of Burkea africana too close to main road for its own good. There is an old wounded area on the trunk and a more recent rectangle where the bark has been stripped, possibly last year. This damage is assumed to be due to harvesting the bark for traditional purposes; the recorded uses are many and varied including edible pulp, fish poison, medicines and tannin for leather treatment - all from the same bark. http://uses.plantnet-project.org/en/Burkea_africana_(PROTA)
A previous tree in the same area and maimed in a similar fashion was observed to slowly die over a 2 year period after it had been about 80% ring barked