Pouteria altissima

Botanical Description

Pouteria altissima is a tree with a spreading crown; it can grow up to 45 metres tall, occasionally to 50 metres. The bole is often straight and cylindrical, sometimes deeply fluted; it can be free of branches for up to 30 metres, up to 200cm in diameter and with triangular, often winged buttresses up to 3 metres high[ 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. , 308 Title Flora Zambesiaca Publication Author Website http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants. ]. An important timber tree in Africa,where it is commonly harvested from the wild. It is valued particularly for veneer production and is often exported. It is sometimes planted as roadside tree[ 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 species is overexploited for its timber in parts of its range. Because of its wide range, it is currentl classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].