Meliaceae FAMILY

Trichilia monadelpha

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The sawdust may cause irritation to the respiratory tracts in wood workers[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Trichilia monadelpha is an evergreen tree with a large open spreading crown; it can grow 12 - 20 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is without buttress and fluting and can be up to 50cm in diameter[ 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 tree is often utilized locally, providing an edible oil, medicines and various commodities.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Guinea to DR Congo, south to north Angola.

HabitatAn understorey tree in lowland high-forest; evergreen and semi-deciduous secondary jungle, often on river-banks, at elevations up to 650 metres[ 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/ , 618 Title Manual for the Propagation and Cultivation of Medicinal Plants of Ghana. Publication Author Amponsah K., Crensil O’R., Odamtten G.T., Ofusohene-Djan W. Publisher Aburi Botanic Garden; Ghana. Year 2002 ISBN Description A nice, concise guide, it details some of the medicinal uses of plants from Ghana. Available as a PDF file on the Internet. ].