Clusiaceae FAMILY
Garcinia quadrifaria
Garcinia quadrifaria
Edibility
0/5
Medicinal
2/5
Safety & Hazards
None known
Botanical Description
Garcinia quadrifaria is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 17 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 25cm in doameter[ 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 plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine.
Habitat & Origin
Origintropical
Native RangeWestern and central tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Nigeria and eastern DR Congo, south to northern Angola
HabitatRain forests[ 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. ].