Characteristics
A tall tree. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk is clear and straight for about 16 m. The crown is small and dense. Mature trees can have buttresses at the base. The bark is pale grey and smooth. There are golden-brown hairs on shoots and flowers. The leaves are large and stiff. They are 22 cm long by 8 cm wide. They are dark green above and have pale orange hairs underneath. There are 10-20 pairs of veins. The flowers are cream to green coloured. They are very small and in clusters beside the leaves. The fruit are hard and green. They are narrow and 4 cm long. There is one shiny brown seed. It is 3 cm long.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
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| Growth support |
-
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| Foliage retention |
-
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| Sexuality |
hermaphrodite
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
50.0
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| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
-
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| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
-
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Environment
It is a tropical plant. It grows in upland rainforest. It suits humid locations. In Tanzania it grows between 1,430-2,500 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
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Usage
Ripe fruit are sweet and eaten raw. The seeds are pounded, boiled and the liquid filtered off. The oil floats to the top and is skimmed off and used for cooking.
| Uses |
oil
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| Edible
|
fruits
seeds
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| Therapeutic use
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-
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| Human toxicity |
-
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| Animal toxicity |
-
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Cultivation
Plants can be grown from seed.
| Mode |
seedlings
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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