Xylopia longipetala De Wild. & T.Durand

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Xylopia

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It can grow 17 m high. The bark is smooth and in thin layers. The leaves are 4-11 cm long by 1-4 cm wide. The flowers have slender stalks 12 mm long. The fruit are cylinder shaped and 4 cm long by 2 cm wide. They have ridges along them.
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Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 16.0 - 20.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A tropical plant. It grows on the edges of lowland rain-forests in West Africa. It can be in savannah. It grows between 30-700 m above sea level.
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Dry lowland forests, thickets and woodland in Tanzania. Fringing forest of the lowland rain-forest and savannah zones.
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Usage

Uses fiber food material medicinal wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Analgesics (bark), Antipyretics (bark), Common cold (bark), Infection (bark), Skin diseases (bark)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Distribution

Xylopia longipetala world distribution map, present in South Africa

Conservation status

Xylopia longipetala threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:76177-1
WFO ID wfo-0000428958
COL ID 5CM4T
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Synonyms

Uvaria parviflora Xylopicrum parviflorum Xylopia vallotii Coelocline parviflora Xylopia longipetala Xylopia parviflora Xylopia parviflora