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Phyllarthron bojeranum
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Phyllarthron bojeranum

Phyllarthron bojeranum

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

The roots, heartwood and stem bark contain lapachol and sesamin, both of which are known to cause contact allergies[1].

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
Growth—

Not known

Propagation

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

Pollinators

Bees, Sunbirds

References

  1. [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. [2]Plantes Utiles des Hautes Terres de Madagascar — Samyn J. M. · Organisation Suisse pour le Développement et la Coopération; Mad · 1999 ↩︎Written in French, a good guide to 76 of the useful plants of Madagascar.
  3. [3]Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World. — Hedrick. U. P. · Dover Publications · 1972 · ISBN 0-486-20459-6 ↩︎Lots of entries, quite a lot of information in most entries and references.
  4. [4]Madagascar. An Environmental Profile. — Jenkins M.D. (Editor) · World Conservation Monitoring Centre; Cambridge. · 1987 · ISBN 2-88032-607-9 ↩︎Contains a list of the Ethnobotanical uses of Madagascar plants.