Irvingia grandifolia (Engl.) Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Irvingiaceae > Irvingia

Characteristics

A deciduous tree. It grows to 40 m high. The trunk is 1.5 m across. The leaves are 20-35 cm long by 10-15 cm wide. The leaves turn red before they fall. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are oblong and 5 cm long by 3 cm wide. They are fleshy with soft sweet pulp when ripe. There is a hard stone inside the fruit with one seed.
More
A tall forest tree, deciduous
Old leaves tinted bright red.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.5
Mature height (meter) 37.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in the forest zone in Central Africa. It grows in forest on dry land.
More
Forest on dry or occasionally damp ground, but not seasonally flooded forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

The outer flesh is sweet. The pulp of the fruit is eaten raw. The seeds are eaten raw or cooked.
Uses food gene source material medicinal timber wood
Edible barks fruits nuts seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from seed. Seed only remain viable for a short time.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Irvingia grandifolia world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Irvingia grandifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:813768-1
WFO ID wfo-0000732300
COL ID 3Q2LN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Klainedoxa grandifolia Irvingia grandifolia Irvingella grandifolia