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Lecaniodiscus cupanioides
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Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

Lecaniodiscus cupanioides

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
3/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark is an ingredient of arrow-poisons and is said to be highly effective[1]. The root is considered to be poisonous by some tribes in Africa[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required.

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Lecaniodiscus+cupanioides>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [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. [2]Cataloge of African Plants Collected by Dr. Friedrich Welwitsch in 1853 - 1861 — Hiern. W.P. · Longmans & Co.; London. · 1898 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org ↩︎In 6 volumes, it gives botanical descriptions and some uses of the plants. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
  3. [3]Cornucopia II — Facciola. S. · Kampong Publications, California. · 1998 · ISBN 0-9628087-2-5 ↩︎The second edition of an excellent guide to the edible uses of plants, though it does not give any details of cultivation etc.
  4. [4]Antioxidant and Antibacterial Properties of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides — Sofidiya M.O. Et al · Research Journal of Microbiology 3 (2): 91 - 98 · 2008 · ISBN 1816-4935 ↩︎A scientific paper on some of the medicinal properties of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides
  5. [5]CNS depressant activity of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides — Yemitan O.K.; Adeyemi O.O. · Fitoterapia. 76(5):412-8 · 2005 · ISBN 0327-326X ↩︎A scientific paper on some of the medicinal properties of Lecaniodiscus cupanioides