Heisteria parvifolia Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Olacaceae > Heisteria

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It is 14 m high. It can grow to 20-25 m high. The trunk can be 50-60 cm across. It keeps its leaves throughout the year. The young twigs are slightly zigzag and have wings. The leaves are dark green and shiny on the upper surface. They are dull green underneath. The leaves are oval and taper to a short tip. The fruit have a red calyx or fleshy layer around it that is divided into five parts. The fruit contain a single seed.
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A glabrous shrub or small tree up to 40 ft. high
Calyx enlarged, persistent, deep red in fruit
Small greenish-white or yellowish flowers
Fruit itself greyish-white
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 16.1 - 18.6
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Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the under-storey of evergreen and deciduous forests in West Africa. It grows in forests along rivers. It can be in seasonally flooded forest.
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In forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The fruit are eaten fresh.
Uses environmental use food fuel material medicinal poison
Edible fruits nuts seeds
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Heisteria parvifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sao Tome and Principe, and Uganda

Conservation status

Heisteria parvifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607895-1
WFO ID wfo-0000717145
COL ID 3K3ZR
BDTFX ID -
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Synonyms

Rhaptostylum parvifolium Phanerocalyx talbotiorum Phanerocalyx batesii Acrolobus parvifolia Acrolobus schoenleinii Heisteria parvifolia