Afraegle paniculata

Botanical Description

Nigerian powder-flask fruit is an evergreen, spiny shrub or tree growing up to 15 metres tall. The short bole usually branches within 150 - 200cm from the ground, it can be 25 - 40cm 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 has a rounded canopy comprised of numerous branches bearing very sharp, straight spines [ 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a food, medicine and source of wood. It is often planted for its medicinal uses in the villages of Dahomey and Nigeria[ 319 Title University of California Riverside. Citrus Variety Collection Publication Author Website http://www.citrusvariety.ucr.edu/citrus/alphabetical.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A series of fact sheets about various Citrus species and related species, plus varieties. Good photographs, some helpful information on uses. , 617 Title Traditional Vegetables in Benin Publication Author Achigan-Dako E. Et al Publisher Darwin Initiative; International Foundation for Science Year 2009 ISBN Description Issued as a PDF on the Internet, it contains basic information on over 250 species of plants used for food in Benin. ].