Okoubaka aubrevillei

Botanical Description

Okoubaka aubrevillei is a deciduous tree with a bushy crown of horizontal to drooping branches; it can grow up to 30 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be 80cm in diameter[ 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/ ]. The bark is a very popular traditional medicine in west Africa and is also used in Western medicine. It is commonly harvested from the wild. It is widely sold for medicinal use in local markets throughout coastal countries of West Africa, and is also traded internationally[ 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. ].