Nothospondias staudtii Engl.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Simaroubaceae > Nothospondias

Characteristics

Fruits yellow when ripe, plum-like, ovoid-ellipsoid, 4·5 cm. long and 3 cm. broad in Cameroons, but only 2 cm. long and 1·5 cm. broad in Gambari Group F.R., western Nigeria
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An understorey forest tree, to 80 ft. high with spreading crown whose branches become more or less erect and bear at their tops whorls of large leaves
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Mature height (meter) 19.69
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Environment

An understorey tree in broken high forest; rain-forest; riverine forest; in understorey and half-shade; rare in the dry forest zone near the coast, where it was possibly originally planted; found at elevations up to 400 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses material wood
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Nothospondias staudtii world distribution map, present in Benin, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Nothospondias staudtii threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:70098-1
WFO ID wfo-0001051190
COL ID 47TVJ
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Synonyms

Nothospondias talbotii Nothospondias staudtii