Anisophyllea laurina R.Br. ex Sabine

Species

Angiosperms > Cucurbitales > Anisophylleaceae > Anisophyllea

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 5-16 m high. The leaves are small, alternate and sword shaped. They are 7-15 cm long by 3-7 cm wide. The side veins are at right angles to the midrib and parallel. The flowers have 4 large fleshy petals. The flowers are small and greenish. They are on spikes in the axils of the leaves. The fruit are yellow but become red on the sunny side.
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Fruits yellow, often peach-pink or reddish on the sunned side, fleshy, edible.
Shrub or tree, 15–50 ft., or up to 70 ft. high
Flowers yellow-green
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Mature height (meter) 13.17 - 18.67
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A tropical plant. It grows in secondary jungle often in upland areas in West Africa.
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Locally abundant in secondary regrowth
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are used for preserves.
Uses animal food food gene source material medicinal
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Cultivation

It can be cut back and will regenerate from the roots.
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Distribution

Anisophyllea laurina world distribution map, present in Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Anisophyllea laurina threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719485-1
WFO ID wfo-0000537314
COL ID 5V3F8
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Synonyms

Anisophyllea laurina