Desplatsia subericarpa Bocq.

Species

Angiosperms > Malvales > Malvaceae > Desplatsia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It grows 9 m high. The flowers are pink. The fruit are large and yellow. They are oblong and 9-10 cm long by 7-8 cm wide.
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Understorey tree, to 30 ft. high, or shrub
Flowers pink.
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Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 9.0
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Environment

Understorey of dense, evergreen, often secondary forest, and along rivers, damp sites; at elevations up to 600 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows as a forest understorey tree.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye food gum material poison
Edible fruits leaves
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Desplatsia subericarpa world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Desplatsia subericarpa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:833717-1
WFO ID wfo-0000642458
COL ID 354JG
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Synonyms

Desplatsia subericarpa Grewiopsis globosa Grewiella globosa