Fabaceae FAMILY

Calpocalyx aubrevillei

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Calpocalyx aubrevillei is an evergreen tree with a thick crown growing up to 25 metres tall, occasionally to 30 metres. The bole can be straight and cylindrical, unbranched for up to 18 metres and up to 70cm in diameter; but it is often curved with branches starting from quite low down. The bole has buttresses up to 1.5 metres high and 1 metre wide; on poorly drained soils the plant produces stilt roots[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Ghana.

HabitatRain-forest in valleys and on river banks; very abundant or rather common by places; at elevations around 700 metres in Liberia[ 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. ].