Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Uapaca heudelotii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Uapaca heudelotii is an evergreen tree with a dense, low-branching crown; it usually grows up to 30 metres tall, though specimens to 40 metres have been recorded The bole is up to 100cm in diameter, usually with many stilt roots up to 3 metres high. The bole is seldom branchless for more than 7 - 8 metres[ 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/ , 965 Title Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 146 (1) 75 - 94 Author Breteler F. J. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2013.770 Publisher Royal Botanical Society of Belgium Year 2013 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A revision of the west African members of the genus Uapaca ]. The plant is used locally as a source of food, medicines and timber. It is planted by rivers to stabilize the soil.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Senegal to Central African Republic, south to Angola and DR Congo.

HabitatRiparian situations in the closed and fringing-forests[ 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/ ]. Always in wet places, mostly on river borders, usually partly in the water[ 965 Title Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 146 (1) 75 - 94 Author Breteler F. J. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2013.770 Publisher Royal Botanical Society of Belgium Year 2013 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A revision of the west African members of the genus Uapaca ].