Nauclea latifolia Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Gentianales > Rubiaceae > Nauclea

Characteristics

Straggling shrub or small tree about 10 ft. high
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Flowers white, fragrant
Fruits reddish
Life form -
Growth form tree
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 6.52 - 9.5
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dry savannah and thickets. A savannah shrub sometimes found in undisturbed fringing forest and closed savannah woodland.
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In savanna woodland.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye environmental use food fuel gene source material medicinal poison social use wood
Edible flowers fruits
Therapeutic use Anodyne (unspecified), Chewstick (unspecified), Colic (unspecified), Debility (unspecified), Diarrhea (unspecified), Dysentery (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Emetic (unspecified), Emmenagogue (unspecified), Enteritis (unspecified), Female (unspecified), Gastritis (unspecified), Gonorrhea (unspecified), Malaria (unspecified), Measles (unspecified), Orchitis (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Toothache (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Leprosy (unspecified), Piles (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Conservation status

Nauclea latifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:757144-1
WFO ID wfo-0000249572
COL ID 7464F
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Nauclea esculenta Sarcocephalus esculentus Sarcocephalus russeggeri Sarcocephalus sambucinus Nauclea latifolia Cephalina esculenta