Rubiaceae FAMILY

Pausinystalia lane-poolei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Pausinystalia lane-poolei is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 30 metres tall, but is usually smaller. The bole sometimes has short buttresses[ 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 local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Gabon, DR Congo, Rwanda.

HabitatAn understorey or sometimes a canopy tree in forests[ 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/ ].