Clusiaceae FAMILY

Allanblackia floribunda

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Allanblackia floribunda is an evergreen tree growing up to 30 metres tall. It has a fairly short but straight and cylindrical bole that is unbuttressed but is sometimes basally thickened[ 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 yields a high quality oil as well as having a range of local medicinal uses. The seeds, and the oil obtained from them, are sold in local markets[ 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. ]. Efforts are under way to grow the plant commercially[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - moister regions from Togo to eastern DR Congo, south to the Congo.

HabitatA common understorey tree of lowland closed evergreen rainforest and riverine forest, and also in secondary and swamp forest, at elevations up to 1,000 metres. It is common on strongly leached, acid soils with pH 3.8 - 4.1[ 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. ].