Dichapetalum toxicarium Baill.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Dichapetalaceae > Dichapetalum

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It grows 16 m tall. It can be a woody climber. The leaves are waxy. They are narrowly oval and 8 cm long by 4 cm wide. They are wedge shaped at the base. The small branches are hairy. The fruit are oval and 4 cm long.
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Glabrous except for the hoary-inflorescence and fruit.
A shrub or small tree
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 16.0
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the forest under-storey or in secondary bush in West Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit pulp around the seeds is eaten. Caution: The seed kernels are poisonous. They contain monofluoroacetate.
Uses food material medicinal poison
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use Poison (unspecified), Raticide (unspecified), Piscicide (unspecified)
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Distribution

Dichapetalum toxicarium world distribution map, present in Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, and Liberia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:163278-1
WFO ID wfo-0000645482
COL ID 35L4T
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Synonyms

Chailletia erecta Chailletia toxicaria Dichapetalum toxicarium