Rubiaceae FAMILY
Nauclea xanthoxylon
Nauclea xanthoxylon
Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
1/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Nauclea xanthoxylon is a small tree, usually growing 10 - 15 metres tall but with occasional specimens to 30 metres[ 682 Title Fruitipedia.com Publication Author Website http://www.fruitipedia.com Publisher Year ISBN Description A website with lots of fact sheets on fruit species. ]. The edible fruit is harvested from the wild for local use and the plant is sometimes grown in home orchards[ 682 Title Fruitipedia.com Publication Author Website http://www.fruitipedia.com Publisher Year ISBN Description A website with lots of fact sheets on fruit species. ].
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire, Congo, Central African Republic, Sudan.
HabitatSwamp forests[ 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/ ].