Celastraceae FAMILY
Elaeodendron buchananii
Elaeodendron buchananii
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
The plant is known to be extremely poisonous. If children have been eating the fruits or the leaves and then take a drink of milk, they will die[1]. Sheep are fatally poisoned by browsing on the plant[1]. Feeding on the leaves may cause death in livestock after dyspnoea, loss of coordination and diarrhoea[2].
Cultivation Details
HabitEvergreen Tree
GrowthSlow
A slow-growing tree[2]. The tree can be pollarded[2]. The flowers are sweetly scented[2]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[3].
Propagation
Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Elaeodendron+buchananii>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/
- [2]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.
- [3]African Flowering Plants Database — Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. · http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php ↩︎Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.