Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Afrolicania elaeosperma

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

GrowthSlow

Trees are slow to mature and 20 - 30-year old specimens are known that still do not bear fruit^[1]. There is some export of the oil, e.g. From Ghana, but amounts involved are not known^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Afrolicania+elaeosperma>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.