Putranjivaceae FAMILY

Drypetes aubrevillei

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drypetes aubrevillei is a tree, usually growing to 15 metres tall though specimens up to 25 metres have been recorded[ 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/ ]. The bole can be 30 - 50cm in diameter[ 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 medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire.

HabitatAn understorey tree in rainforest328, [ 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/ ].