Drypetes ivorensis Hutch. & Dalziel

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Putranjivaceae > Drypetes

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows 5 m high. The trunk is 20 cm across. The flowers are greenish-yellow or white. They grow on the main stem. The fruit are red or orange.
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Flowers greenish-yellow or white, on the main stem
A small forest tree, to 15 ft. high
Fruits red, or yellow or orange.
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Growth form tree
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature width (meter) 0.2
Mature height (meter) 5.0
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Environment

A lower-storey plant of the evergreen rainforest at elevations from 220-500 metres.
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A tropical plant. It grows in the under-storey in closed forest in West Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses food material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Drypetes ivorensis world distribution map, present in Ghana, Guinea, and Liberia

Conservation status

Drypetes ivorensis threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:345071-1
WFO ID wfo-0000946528
COL ID 37YD4
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Synonyms

Drypetes ivorensis