Garcinia afzelii Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Clusiaceae > Garcinia

Characteristics

A medium sized tree. It grows 12 m high. The trunk is short and the crown is rounded. The bark is warted and strips off easily. The leaves are 6-13 cm long by 2.5-6 cm wide. They taper to the tip. They are wedge shaped at the base and leathery. The flowers are greenish to yellow. They can be 2.5 cm across. The stalks are 6 mm long. The fruit are brownish-yellow. They are almost round and 2.5 cm across. They contain 2-4 seeds.
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Flowers pale green or greenish-yellow.
A tree, to 50 ft. high
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 12.0
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Environment

Riverine forests; an understorey tree in dry forests or in rain-forests; forest relicts; gallery forests; at elevations from 450-1,280 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edge of the evergreen forest in damp places in West Africa.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses food gum material medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Dentifrice (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Garcinia afzelii world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Garcinia afzelii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:427791-1
WFO ID wfo-0000694117
COL ID 3F9PJ
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Synonyms

Garcinia afzelii Garcinia antidysenterica Garcinia brevipedicellata Garcinia mannii var. brevipedicellata