Ulmaceae FAMILY

Holoptelea grandis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Holoptelea grandis is a deciduous tree that can grow 12 - 50 metres tall. The slender bole is slightly irregular-sinuous, somewht crooked, up to 100cm in diameter with 5 - 6 buttresses 1.5 - 2 metres high and 1 - 1.5 metres wide[ 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. The wood is sometimes traded.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea and Liberia, west to southern Sudan, south to northern Angola and Uganda.

HabitatRain-forest; drier deciduous and riverine forests; Terminalia forest; patches of rain-forest in the savannah zone; clearings near rain-forest; often on riversides; at elevations from 229 - 1,200 metres[ 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. ].