Chrysobalanaceae FAMILY

Parinari nonda

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

The wood dust may cause dermatitis, probably because of irritation by silica deposits[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ].

Botanical Description

Parinari nonda varies considerably in habit according to its environment. Normally a small to medium-sized tree 6 - 15 metres tall, though exceptional specimens can reach 34 metres in height. On adverse sites, however, it can be reduced to a shrub just 1 - 2 metres tall[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. The bole is unbuttressed[ 734 Title Chrysobalanaceae Part 1. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 9: 1-319 Publication Author Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. Year 2003 ISBN 0 642 56832 4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its edible fruit. It is also exploited for its useful timber, and has been used in land reclamation schemes.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAustralasia - northern Australia to New Guinea.

HabitatMonsoonal areas in open Eucalyptus forest, or dry scrub[ 307 Title Tropical and Subtropical Trees - A Worldwide Encyclopaedic Guide. Publication Author Barwick. M. Publisher Thames & Hudson, London Year 2004 ISBN 0-500-51181-0 Description A superb book, very concise and well written, giving a wealth of information on 400 or more species including descriptions, habitat, cultivation details and plant uses. A wealth of colour photographs bring each plant vividly to life. ]. Undulating to hilly plateaux of either sandstone or basalt and on alluvial plains[ 418 Title Ecocrop Publication Author Website http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/home Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Basic information on a wide range of useful plants, plus details of environmental needs where available. ]. Savannah, open forest, forest on rocky areas in lowlands[ 734 Title Chrysobalanaceae Part 1. Species Plantarum: Flora of the World, Part 9: 1-319 Publication Author Prance G.T.; Sothers C.A. Website http://www.ville-ge.ch/cjb Publisher Australian Biological Resources Study; Canberra. Year 2003 ISBN 0 642 56832 4 Description An excellent monograph, part of a very ambitious project to catalogue all the plants in the world. It can be downloaded as a PDF file from the Internet. ].