Dichapetalaceae FAMILY

Tapura fischeri

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Tapura fischeri is a shrub or much-branched tree with a widely spreading crown; it usually grows up to 20 metres tall, exceptionally to 25 metres. The bole branches from low down; it is up to 45cm 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. , 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 local use as a medicine and source of wood.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Sudan, Ethiopia, Congo, DR Congo, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Zimbabwe, S.

HabitatAn understorey plant of lowland forest, at elevations up to 1,300 metres. In West Africa it is found in drier types of semi-deciduous forest, but is also common in riverine 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. ].