Sclerocroton cornutus (Pax) Kruijt & Roebers

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Euphorbiaceae > Sclerocroton

Characteristics

A perennial monoecious deciduous shrub. It grows 3-3.048m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality monoecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0 - 3.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Dense rainforests and gallery forest edges; more open secondary formations; wooded savannah; on Kalahari sand in thickets in open woodland; especially on sandy soils, but also on rocky hill slopes.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal fuel medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
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 -

Distribution

Sclerocroton cornutus world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Liberia, Mozambique, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Sclerocroton cornutus threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:990838-1
WFO ID wfo-0000307435
COL ID 4VPK4
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Sapium oblongifolium Sapium poggei Sapium xylocarpum Sclerocroton cornutus Sapium cornutum Sapium cornutum var. lineolatum Sapium cornutum var. poggei Sapium cornutum var. coriaceum Sapium xylocarpum var. lineolatum