Anacardiaceae FAMILY

Ozoroa insignis

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

A tree of tropical areas, also succeeding in the subtropics, found in low to moderate elevations. Plants can be coppiced^[1]. The plant is sensitive to fires, and consequently it is often found only in coppice growths to 1 - 2 metres tall^[2].

Propagation

Seed. Germination is generally good and takes 3 weeks^[1]. Seed cannot be stored as it loses viability in a few weeks^[1]. Root suckers^[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Ozoroa+insignis>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]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.
[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]A study of antimicrobial activity, acute toxicity and cytoprotective effect of a polyherbal extract in a rat ethanol — Haule E.E.; Moshi M.J.; Nondo R.S.O.; Mwangomo D.T. & Mahunn · 2012 · http://www.biomedcentral.com/1756-0500/5/546 ↩︎