Dactyladenia scabrifolia (Hua) Prance & F.White

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Chrysobalanaceae > Dactyladenia

Characteristics

A small to medium sized tree. It can grow to 20-27 m high. The trunk can be 1.7 m around. The trunk is straight. The leaves are alternate and simple. They have rough hairs. The leaves are narrowly oval and wedge shaped at the base. They taper to the tip. The flowers are greenish-white and in short groups. The fruit is smooth and 4 cm long by 2 cm wide. There is one large hairy edible seed.
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows as an under-storey tree in the high closed rainforest in West Africa. It suits humid locations. It grows up to 1,100 m above sea level.
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An understorey tree of primary and old secondary rainforest, but also found in riverine forest and in abandoned farmland, at elevations up to 1,100 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal food fuel material medicinal wood
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seeds.
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Distribution

Dactyladenia scabrifolia world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, and Sierra Leone

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:167989-1
WFO ID wfo-0000831271
COL ID 33TPD
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Synonyms

Acioa scabrifolia Dactyladenia scabrifolia