Lauraceae FAMILY

Beilschmiedia louisii

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Beilschmiedia louisii can vary in habit from an evergreen shrub 6 - 8 metres tall to a large tree that can grow 35 - 50 metres tall[ 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. ]. The straight, cylindrical bole is unbuttressed, it can be free of branches for up to 32 metres and 40 - 100cm in diameter[ 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber and edible fruit, which are used locally.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo.

HabitatRainforest and gallery forest[ 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. ].