Meliaceae FAMILY

Leplaea laurentii

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Leplaea laurentii is a tree that usually grows around 20 metres tall, though can range from 10 - 30 metres. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 40cm in diameter, sometimes with low buttresses[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for its high quality timber, which is used locally and also exported.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeTropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, southern Central African Republic. Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

HabitatAn understory tree in primary rainforest, occurring at elevations from sea-level up to 900 metres, but most commonly found between 350 - 900 metres[ 886 Title A taxonomic revision of the reinstated genus Leplaea and the newly recognized genus Neoguarea Publication Plant Ecology and Evolution 145 (2): 209-241, 2012 Author Koenen E.J.M.; de Wilde J.J.F.E. Website http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2012.656 Publisher The Royal Botanical Society; Belgium. Year 2012 ISBN 2032-3913 Description A review of the genus Guarea in Africa, it excludes all the African species from that genus, placing the majority of them in Leplaea and one in Neoguarea. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].