Rubiaceae FAMILY

Nauclea xanthoxylon

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

GrowthMedium

A plant of the moist tropics. Plants can withstand occasional, short-lived frosts, but generally need a warm climate if they are to thrive^[1]. Plants are tolerant of some water-logging^[1]. Newly planted young trees grow away quite quickly and can commence bearing fruit within 4 - 5 years^[1].

Propagation

Seed - the very small seed does not have a long viability. When sown fresh, it usually germinates well^[2]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Nauclea+xanthoxylon>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Fruitipedia.com — http://www.fruitipedia.com ↩︎A website with lots of fact sheets on fruit species.
[2]Neglected Crops: 1492 from a Different Perspective — Hernándo Bermejo J. E. & León J. (Editors) · Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; Rome · 1994 · ISBN 92-5-103217-3 ↩︎Concise information on many less well known crops from S. America. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
[3]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/
[4]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.