Sapotaceae FAMILY

Lecomtedoxa klaineana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Lecomtedoxa klaineana is an evergreen tree with a hemispherical crown; it can grow up to 40 metres tall. The straight and cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 25metres and up to 120cm in diameter; it often has braod and steep buttresses[ 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 tree is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of wood. This species has not been treated in the IUCN list of Threatened Species. However, it has a limited area of distribution and, although it may be locally dominant, it is in general uncommon. This makes it liable to genetic erosion and attention is needed to sufficiently protect this species[ 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 RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon.

HabitatA canopy tree in primary rainforest where it can be localy dominant[ 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. ].