Characteristics
A medium to large tree. It grows 8-25 m tall. It is often poorly shaped. The bark is light greyish-brown. It is marked with rings and circles. The leaves are opposite and simple. They are broad and oval. Leaves are 5-18 cm long by 2-6.2 cm wide. They are dark green. The leaves smell of lemon. The edges are irregularly toothed. The flowers are in short spikes in the axils of leaves near the ends of branches. The sexes are separate on separate trees. The fruit are oval and 1.5 cm long. They are fleshy and orange but red when ripe.
| Life form |
perennial
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| Growth form |
tree
|
| Growth support |
free-standing
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| Foliage retention |
evergreen
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| Sexuality |
-
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| Pollination |
-
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| Spread |
-
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| Mature width (meter) |
-
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| Mature height (meter) |
8.0 - 25.0
|
| Root system |
-
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| Rooting depth (meter) |
-
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| Root diameter (meter) |
-
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| Flower color |
-
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| Blooming months |
-
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| Fruit color |
|
| Fruiting months |
-
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| Nitrogen fixer |
-
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| Photosynthetic pathway |
c3
|
Environment
A tropical plant. It grows in moist evergreen forest, especially mountain forest. Trees are resistant to fire. In Nigeria it has been recorded at 1,500 m above sea level.
| Light |
-
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| Soil humidity |
-
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| Soil texture |
-
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| Soil acidity |
-
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| Soil nutriment |
-
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| Hardiness (USDA) |
-
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Usage
The fruit (berries) are edible.
Cultivation
| Mode |
-
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| Germination duration (days) |
-
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| Germination temperacture (C°) |
-
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| Germination luminosity |
-
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| Germination treatment |
-
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| Minimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Optimum temperature (C°) |
-
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| Size |
-
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| Vigor |
-
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| Productivity |
-
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