Malvaceae FAMILY
Duboscia macrocarpa
Duboscia macrocarpa
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Duboscia macrocarpa is a tree growing up to 33 metres tall. The deeply grooved bole can be 35 - 120cm in diameter and is sometimes buttressed[ 328 Title African Flowering Plants Database Publication Author Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php Publisher Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques. Year 0 ISBN Description Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.
HabitatRainforest[ 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description 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/ ].