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Margaritaria discoidea
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Margaritaria discoidea

Margaritaria discoidea

Edibility
1/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitDeciduous Tree
Growth—

In Tanzania the plant can be found at an elevation of 1,850 metres where the mean annual rainfall is around 850mm and the mean monthly temperature ranges from 17.5°c in January to 13.5°c in June with occasional frosts[1]. The flowers are fragrant and are much visited by bees and other insects[2]. 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=Margaritaria+discoidea>

Pollinators

Bees, Ants

References

  1. [1]Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden Vol. 77 — Missouri Botanical Garden Press; Missouri. · 1990 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0026-6493 ↩︎A botanical journal containing various articles, including a monograph of the tropical African species of Lapeirousia. It can be downloaded from the internet.
  2. [2]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/
  3. [3]Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 60 — Harvard University; Boston, Mass. · 1979 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org · ISBN 0004-2625 ↩︎A botanical journal containing various articles, including a review of the genus Margaritaria. It can be downloaded from the internet.
  4. [4]Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania. — Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D · Frontier · http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm · ISBN 1-873070-33-0 ↩︎A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet.
  5. [5]Traditional Vegetables in Benin — Achigan-Dako E. Et al · Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science · 2009 ↩︎Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin.
  6. [PFAF]Plants for a Future — pfaf.org ↩︎