Lecythidaceae FAMILY

Petersianthus macrocarpus

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Petersianthus macrocarpus is an evergreen tree with a well-developed crown; it can grow up to 50 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be more than 100cm in diameter[ 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. , 332 Title The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. Publication Author Burkil. H. M. Publisher Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. Year 1985 - 2004 ISBN Description Brief descriptions and details of the uses of over 4,000 plants. A superb, if terse, resource, it is also available electronically on the Web - see http://www.aluka.org/ ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood - the wood is also traded. The tree has potential for use as a pioneer species for restoring native woodland.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Guinea to Cameroon and southern Central African Republic, south to northern Angola and DR Congo.

HabitatRain-forest; in some places the dominating species; invasive in secondary forests; at elevations up to 200 metres[ 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. ].