Poupartia silvatica

Botanical Description

Poupartia silvatica is a deciduous tree, usually growing 12 - 20 metres tall but with specimens up to 30 metres recorded. The bole is usually straight, up to 60cm, occasionally to 100cm 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. , 455 Title Flore de Madagascar et des Comores Publication Author Humbert H. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ Publisher Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris Year 1946 - 1984 ISBN Description Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet. ]. The plant is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food and source of wood.