Putranjivaceae FAMILY

Drypetes paxii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Drypetes paxii is a tree growing up to 13 metres tall[ 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 tree can grow up to 40 metres tall with 5 - 6 buttresses according to another report[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ], but I wonder if they confused the measurements and it should have read 40 feet (12 metres[ K Title Plants for a Future Author Ken Fern Description Notes from observations, tasting etc at Plants For A Future and on field trips. ]. The bark is possibly harvested from the wild for local use as a food flavouring.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatAn understorey tree in the rainforest at elevations up to 250 metres[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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/ ].