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Lovoa trichilioides Harms

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Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Lovoa

Characteristics

Evergreen tree up to 40 m. tall; bole slender, cylindrical; buttresses short, indistinct, rarely more than 2 m. high.. Leaves up to 24 cm. long, glabrous; leaflets usually 10–14, ± elliptic, up to 16 × 4 cm., apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate; lateral nerves in ± 20 closely spaced pairs; petiole flattened and slightly winged.. Inflorescence a robust, axillary or terminal panicle up to 30 cm. long.. Calyx 0.1 cm. long, glabrous except for a ciliate margin.. Petals 0.4–0.65 cm. long, glabrous.. Staminal tube 0.2–0.3 cm. long.. Capsule up to 6 × 1.3 cm.; valves black separating first from the base, or from the apex and base simultaneously.. Seeds (including wing) up to 5 × 1 cm.. Fig. 19, p. 60.
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A large tree. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk is cylinder shape and there are short blunt buttresses. The bark is smooth with irregular flaky pieces. The leaves are 24 cm long. There are 10-14 leaflets 16 cm long by 4 cm wide. The flowering shoots are 30 cm long and towards the ends of the branches. The flowers are greenish white. The fruit hang down and are purple to black. The seeds are 5 cm long by 1 cm wide.
Seeds attached to the distal end of the column by the wing, the bodies of the seeds thus being free from the column at its base
Slash dull red to pink, with faint whitish streaks moist and very sweetly scented
Bark relatively smooth with large irregular flaking pieces
Cylindrical bole and rather short blunt buttresses
Fruits pendulous, black or purplish black
Crown of dark, heavy, evergreen foliage
A large forest tree, to 150 ft high
Flowers greenish white
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Mature height (meter) 42.86
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Environment

A canopy and emergent tree, scattered in evergreen forest and semi-deciduous forest at elevations up to 1,200 metres.
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It is a tropical plant.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal environmental use food fuel material medicinal tea wood
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Cultivation

Ripe seed should be sown fresh.
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Images

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Distribution

Lovoa trichilioides world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda

Conservation status

Lovoa trichilioides threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578918-1
WFO ID wfo-0000443844
COL ID 3W8HP
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Synonyms

Lovoa trichilioides Lovoa angulata Lovoa pynaertii Lovoa mildbraedii Lovoa leplaeana Lovoa corbisieriana Lovoa budongensis Lovoa brachysiphon Lovoa brownii Lovoa klaineana
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