Simaroubaceae FAMILY

Quassia silvestris

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Quassia silvestris is an evergreen tree usually growing 5 - 45 metres tall, though sometimes it is a shrub no more than 2 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 100cm in diameter[ 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 its wood. It is occasionally grown as a timber crop - successful plantations have been established in Sierra Leone[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Senegal to Kenya, south to southern Angola, Zambia and Tanzania.

HabitatSemi-deciduous moist forest, evergreen forest (mushitu); forest gallery; rain-forest; secondary forests, farmbush; fringing forest of savannah; open forest with Gaertnera paniculata; mountain bush; at elevations from 50 - 1,630 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. ].