Cornus volkensii Harms

Species

Angiosperms > Cornales > Cornaceae > Cornus

Characteristics

A tree. It can grow 18 m tall. The leaves are light green and narrowly oval and taper to the tip. They are wedge shaped at the base.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 18.0
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Mountain forests, where it can become a dominant canopy tree, often growing along the edges of streams, at elevations from 1,200-3,000 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in mountain forest between 1,800-3,000 m above sea level in Congo.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food fuel material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) 90 - 730
Germination temperacture (C°) 10 - 15
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Distribution

Cornus volkensii world distribution map, present in Burkina Faso, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Cornus volkensii threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:271704-1
WFO ID wfo-0000924882
COL ID YGNH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Cornus volkensii Afrocrania volkensii