Meliaceae FAMILY

Leplaea laurentii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Plants can flower and produce fruit all year round^[1]. A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required^[1].

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea — Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. · The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. · 2012 · http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 · ISBN 2032-3913 ↩︎A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[2]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.