Synsepalum cerasiferum (Welw.) T.D.Penn.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Synsepalum

Characteristics

A medium to tall tree. The crown is spreading. It grows 40 m high. The trunk is straight and 70 cm across. The leaves are dark green with paler green midribs. They are oval to sword shaped and 6-17 cm long by 5-6 cm wide. The fruit are oval red berries. They are 2.5 cm long and 2 cm wide. They are edible. There is a seed 2 cm long and 1.5 cm wide.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 23.72 - 33.72
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands and the highlands. It grows in evergreen mountain forest in West Africa. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 750-1,550 m above sea level.
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Riverine forest, lowland mixed woodland and evergreen forest.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

The ripe fruit are eaten as a snack. The ripe fruit are also soaked in water, squeezed and filtered and sugar added then the juice is drunk.
Uses animal food charcoal environmental use food fuel gene source material medicinal poison wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Synsepalum cerasiferum world distribution map, present in Angola, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Gabon, Guinea, Kenya, Mozambique, Sudan, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uganda, and Zambia

Conservation status

Synsepalum cerasiferum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962749-1
WFO ID wfo-0000318139
COL ID 53YLP
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pouteria disaco Sersalisia disaco Sersalisia edulis Sersalisia ledermannii Sersalisia usambarensis Bakerisideroxylon djalonense Rogeonella chevalieri Sapota cerasifera Sersalisia cerasifera Sersalisia chevalieri Bakeriella cerasifera Bakeriella disaco Synsepalum cerasiferum Chrysophyllum cerasiferum Chrysophyllum disaco Afrosersalisia disaco Afrosersalisia usambarensis Afrosersalisia cerasifera Gymnoluma usambarensis Afrosersalisia chevalieri Amorphospermum cerasiferum Pouteria cerasifera Pouteria chevalieri Sersalisia djalonensis