Okoubaka aubrevillei Pellegr. & Normand

Death tree (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Santalales > Santalaceae > Okoubaka

Characteristics

A forest tree. It grows 30 m tall. The trunk is cylinder shaped. The trunk can be 3 m wide. The leaves are 7.5-15 cm long by 3.5-6 cm wide. The flowers are greenish. The fruit are yellow when ripe.
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This tree has the reputation of killing the surrounding trees.
A cylindrical bole lacking buttresses
A forest tree, to 90 ft. high
Fruits yellow when ripe.
Flowers greenish
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 25.22
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Environment

Forests on rocky hills, usually solitary but occasionally in pure stands in Ghana and Cote D'Ivoire.
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It is a tropical plant.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 1-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses animal food food fuel material medicinal poison social use wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use Immunostimulant (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Okoubaka aubrevillei unspecified picture

Distribution

Okoubaka aubrevillei world distribution map, present in Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Okoubaka aubrevillei threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:607562-1
WFO ID wfo-0000388170
COL ID 492FG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Okoubaka aubrevillei Octoknema okoubaka Okoubaka aubrevillei var. aubrevillei

Lower taxons

Okoubaka aubrevillei var. glabrescentifolia