Oldfieldia africana Benth. & Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Picrodendraceae > Oldfieldia

Characteristics

A tall forest tree, up to 100 ft. or more in height
More
Straight bole of 50 ft. and girth 16 ft.
Young branchlets rusty-puberulous
Fruit hard, brown, nut-like
Bark scaly, flaking
3 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 30.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
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Fruit color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Evergreen-and moist semi-deciduous forest; occasionally in secondary forest; scattered or in small groups.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food material medicinal poison social use timber wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Oldfieldia africana world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Liberia, and Sierra Leone

Conservation status

Oldfieldia africana threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:352540-1
WFO ID wfo-0000255434
COL ID 493GS
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Oldfieldia africana