Phyllanthaceae FAMILY

Uapaca staudtii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Uapaca staudtii is a tree with a heavy crown; it can grow from 7.5 - 30 metres tall. The bole is about 40cm in diameter, often short and rather crooked, with prop or stilt-roots up to 4 metres high[ 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/ , 965 Title Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 146 (1) 75 - 94 Author Breteler F. J. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2013.770 Publisher Royal Botanical Society of Belgium Year 2013 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A revision of the west African members of the genus Uapaca ]. The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild and used locally for its timber and edible fruit.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - southern Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

HabitatAlong streams and coastal forests, sometimes in almost pure stands[ 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/ ]. Sometimes it is regarded as a fresh-water mangrove[ 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/ ]. Swamp forest at elevations from sea level to 710 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. ].