Simaroubaceae FAMILY

Quassia gabonensis

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Cytotoxic quassinoids have been isolated from the bark[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Quassia gabonensis is a medium-sized to fairly large tree that can grow up to 40 metres tall[ 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. ]. The bole, which can be branchless for up to 24 metres, is up to 200 cm in diameter, usually straight, and deeply fluted over its entire length[ 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. ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of timber.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon to Congo.

HabitatMainly found in rainforest, in primary as well as in secondary forest, often on sandy soils[ 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. ]. Although it nowhere occurs abundantly, it is locally common[ 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. ].