Didelotia idae

Botanical Description

Didelotia idae is an evergreen tree; it usually grows 15 - 30 metres tall, exceptionally reaching 50 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be free of branched for most of the tree's height, it is up to 120cm in diameter with a base that is sometimes swollen for the first 100 - 120cm with very low, thick root swellings[ 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. , 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 is harvested from the wild for its timber, which is used locally and also traded. Although it occurs commonly in parts of its range, the effects of mining, logging and commercial forestry activities have caused significant losses in the extent of its occurrence. The plant is classified as 'Near Threatened' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 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. ].