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Santiria trimera (Oliv.) Aubrév.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Burseraceae > Santiria

Characteristics

A small tree. It grows to 30 m high. The trunk is 1 m across. It has stilt roots. The bark smells strongly of turpentine. The leaves are without hairs. The leaves are compound with 3 pairs of leaflets and one leaflet at the end. The flowers are yellow. The fruit are fleshy and 2-2.5 cm long by 1.5 cm wide. The ripe fruit are black. There is one seed.
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A forest tree, to 50 ft. high, with stilt roots
Cut bark and fruits smelling of turpentine
Ripe fruits black, edible
Flowers yellow
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) 1.0
Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Along rivers; swampy places; forest on firm ground; gallery; rain-forest; open forest with Gaertnera paniculata; secondary rain-forest with Aulacocalyx jasminiflora, Whitfieldia lateritia, etc.; at elevations up to 1,515 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It often grows between 800-1000 m altitude. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 1,500 m above sea level.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The seed is oily and is eaten. The fruit quality varies and some taste of turpentine. Others are attractive
Uses food gene source material medicinal oil wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Santiria trimera world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Sao Tome and Principe

Conservation status

Santiria trimera threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:128510-1
WFO ID wfo-0000439072
COL ID 6XJTN
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pachylobus ebo Pachylobus balsamiferus Santiria glaberrima Santiria kamerunensis Santiriopsis mayumbensis Pachylobus trimerus Sorindeia trimera Santiria trimera Santiriopsis ebo Santiriopsis trimera Santiriopsis tessmannii Pachylobus obovatus Pachylobus mayumbensis Dacryodes trimera Santiria tessmannii Santiria obovata Santiria balsamifera Santiriopsis glaberrima Santiriopsis kamerunensis Santiriopsis balsamifera Pachylobus viridiflorus Santiria ebo Santiriopsis obovata Dacryodes viridiflora
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