Sapotaceae FAMILY

Chrysophyllum perpulchrum

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Chrysophyllum perpulchrum is a tree growing up to 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is slightly fluted to buttressed at the base, it is up to 100cm in diameter[ 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 edible fruit is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use. The tree also has local medicinal uses, yields a latex and gives a wood that is traded internationally in small quantities[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Liberia, Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo, Uganda, Tanzania.

HabitatSemi-deciduous forest, most abundantly in dry forest types, particularly on slopes[ 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. ]. In East Africa it is found in rainforests at elevations of 800 - 1,200 metres[ 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. ].