Allanblackia ulugurensis
Allanblackia ulugurensis
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the moist tropics, where it is found at elevations from 700 - 2,050 metres[1]. It grows best in areas where the mean annual temperature is in the range 12.8 - 30°c[1]. It prefers a mean annual rainfall in the range 1,200 - 2,400mm[1]. Succeeds in full sun in a well-drained soil[1]. In the wild, plants are found in yellow-red sandy loam soils at higher altitudes and in red to yellow-red sandy clay loam soils derived from coarse grained siliceous rocks in lower altitudes especially dominated latosols[1] A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[2].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-19. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Allanblackia+ulugurensis>
Pollinators
Insects
References
- [1]World Agroforesty Centre — http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ ↩︎An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
- [2]Edible Wild Plants of Tanzania — Ruffo, C.K.: Birnie, A. & Tengnas, B. · Regional Land Management Unit; Nairobi. · 2002 · ISBN 9966-896-60-0 ↩︎A very well presented, simple guide to growing and utilizing wild food plants in Tanzania, with line drawings of each plant, a description, habitat and range, non-food as well as food uses, plus basic information on growing the plants.
- [3]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.