Rhizophoraceae FAMILY

Cassipourea ruwensorensis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Cassipourea ruwensorensis varies from an evergreen shrub growing 3 - 4 metres tall up to a tree that can be 20 - 25 metres tall[ 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 local use of its wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Congo, DR Congo, Central African Republic, southern Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania.

HabitatA common understorey tree occurring in upland evergreen forest or dense semi-swamp forest, at elevations from 500 - 2,500 metres[ 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. ].