Aptandra zenkeri Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Olacaceae > Aptandra

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 8-13 m high. The trunk is 10 cm across. The leaves are alternate along the stalk and the upper surface is dark green and shiny. The lower surface is dull pale green. The flowers are small. The fruit has a pink waxy fleshy layer around it.
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A dioecious shrub, or small tree up to 40 ft. high, with green branchlets
Enlarged calyx pink, waxy in texture
Small greenish-white flowers
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) 0.1
Mature height (meter) 10.1 - 12.6
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in undergrowth in primary forest in West Africa. It can grow in seasonally flooded forest.
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In forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses fuel material medicinal
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Aptandra zenkeri world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Aptandra zenkeri threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607628-1
WFO ID wfo-0000540969
COL ID FYCN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Harmandia congoensis Aptandra zenkeri