WorldFloraDB - Schrebera swietenioides

Characteristics

A moderate sized tree. It grows 20 m tall. It loses its leaves during the year. The bark is thick and grey. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 3-4 pairs of opposite leaflets and one at the end. The leaflets are oval and unequal on the sides. The flowers are yellowish-white with brown marks. They grow in compound clusters. They have a scent at night. The fruit is a pear shaped capsule. It is woody with 2 cells and 4 seeds in each cell. The seeds hang and have wings.

Life form

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Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

13.5 - 17.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

-

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows in deciduous forests.

More

Dry forests.

Light	-
Soil humidity	-
Soil texture	-
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The leaves are boiled, and eaten mixed with salt and chili peppers. The ripe fruit are eaten.

Uses	material medicinal wood
Edible	fruits leaves
Therapeutic use	Anemia (bark), Anthelmintics (bark), Appetite stimulants (bark), Burns (bark), Colic (bark), Diarrhea (bark), Dyspepsia (bark), Flatulence (bark), Furunculosis (bark), Helminthiasis (bark), Leprosy (bark), Rectal diseases (bark), Skin diseases (bark), Splenomegaly (bark), Urethral discharge (bark), Anemia (fruit), Anorexia (fruit), Appetite stimulants (fruit), Colic (fruit), Diabetes mellitus (fruit), Flatulence (fruit), Hemorrhage (fruit), Hydrocele (fruit), Urinary bladder calculi (fruit), Anemia (leaf), Anthelmintics (leaf), Appetite stimulants (leaf), Burns (leaf), Colic (leaf), Diarrhea (leaf), Dyspepsia (leaf), Flatulence (leaf), Furunculosis (leaf), Helminthiasis (leaf), Leprosy (leaf), Rectal diseases (leaf), Skin diseases (leaf), Splenomegaly (leaf), Urethral discharge (leaf), Anemia (root), Anthelmintics (root), Appetite stimulants (root), Burns (root), Colic (root), Diarrhea (root), Dyspepsia (root), Flatulence (root), Furunculosis (root), Helminthiasis (root), Leprosy (root), Rectal diseases (root), Skin diseases (root), Splenomegaly (root), Urethral discharge (root), Boil (unspecified), Hydrocoele (unspecified), Megalospleny (unspecified), Urogenital (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified), Burn (unspecified), Larvicide(Veterinary) (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	-
Germination temperacture (C°)	-
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Images

Schrebera swietenioides unspecified picture

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:611071-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000818596
COL ID	4VFW4
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Schrebera swietenioides Schrebera pubescens Schrebera swietenioides var. pubescens Nathusia swieteniodes

WorldFloraDB 2024

Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Oleaceae > Schrebera