Synsepalum passargei (Engl.) T.D.Penn.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Sapotaceae > Synsepalum

Characteristics

A tree. It grows 5-6 m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 4.79 - 6.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in the lowlands, It grows as an under-storey plant along rivers and on the edges of forest savannah. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 750 and 1,060 m above sea level.
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Understorey of riparian woodland and fringing savannah forest.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses charcoal food gene source material medicinal wood
Edible fruits
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Productivity -

Distribution

Synsepalum passargei world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Central African Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, United Republic of, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Synsepalum passargei threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:962754-1
WFO ID wfo-0000318156
COL ID 53YMC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pouteria ligulata Synsepalum passargei Vincentella sapini Bakerisideroxylon passargei Bakerisideroxylon sapini Vincentella passargei Pouteria passargei Pouteria tridentata