It is a tropical plant. It grows as an under-storey tree in wetter parts and rain-forest in West Africa. It grows up to 600 m above sea level.
Life form | perennial |
Growth form | tree |
Growth support | - |
Foliage retention | evergreen |
Sexuality | hermaphrodite |
Pollination | - |
Spread | - |
Mature width (meter) | 0.45 |
Mature height (meter) | 10.0 |
Root system | - |
Rooting depth (meter) | - |
Root diameter (meter) | - |
Flower color | |
Blooming months | - |
Fruit color | - |
Fruiting months | - |
Nitrogen fixer | |
Photosynthetic pathway | c3 |
Light | |
Soil humidity | |
Soil texture | |
Soil acidity | |
Soil nutriment | - |
Hardiness (USDA) |
Uses | animal food cosmetics dye environmental use food hedge material medicinal ornamental religious shade social use timber wood |
Edible | seeds |
Therapeutic use | Platelet aggregation inhibitors (seed), Arthritis (unspecified), Carminative (unspecified), Laxative (unspecified), Parasiticide (unspecified), Preventitive(Sting(Bee)) (unspecified), Ringworm (unspecified), Sprain (unspecified), Stiffness (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified), Venereal (unspecified), Wound (unspecified), Rheumatism (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Fungicide (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Jaundice (unspecified), Newborn (unspecified), Skin (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified) |
Human toxicity | - |
Animal toxicity | - |
Mode | cuttings seedlings |
Germination duration (days) | - |
Germination temperacture (C°) | - |
Germination luminosity | - |
Germination treatment | - |
Minimum temperature (C°) | - |
Optimum temperature (C°) | 24 - 30 |
Size | - |
Vigor | - |
Productivity | - |
LSID | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480895-1 |
WFO ID | wfo-0000212016 |
COL ID | 5WC3R |
BDTFX ID | - |
INPN ID | - |
Wikipedia (EN) | Link |
Wikipedia (FR) | Link |