Clusiaceae FAMILY

Pentadesma butyracea

Edibility

3/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark is used as a fish-poison[ 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/ ].

Botanical Description

Buttertree is an evergreen tree growing up to 35 metres tall. The cylindrical bole can be 100 - 150cm in diameter, sometimes with small buttresses or stilt roots[ 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. , 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. ]. A multipurpose tree, it is commonly used locally as a source of food, medicines and other commodities.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea-Bissau to Cameroon, south to Gabon, Congo and western DR Congo.

HabitatRain forest on moist or swampy ground, mostly on river banks; at elevations up to 800 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. ].