Crateva eminens (Hook.F.) Christenh. & Byng

Species

Angiosperms > Brassicales > Capparaceae > Crateva

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. In the flowers are upper 2 petals and enlarged and stand up. There are 4-7 fertile stamens. The other stamens are reduced and fused together and not fertile. The fruit can be 18 cm long when mature.
Life form -
Growth form
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.83
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in rainforest. It suits humid locations.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food medicinal poison
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Ache(Ear) (unspecified), Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Eye (unspecified), Swelling (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Crateva eminens world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda

Conservation status

Crateva eminens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77184076-1
WFO ID wfo-0001423549
COL ID Z95P
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Ritchiea dolichocarpa Euadenia alimensis Euadenia pulcherrima Euadenia eminens Euadenia major Crateva eminens