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Uapaca ferruginea
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Uapaca ferruginea

Uapaca ferruginea

Edibility
3/5
Medicinal
0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree
Growth—

A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Uapaca+ferruginea>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

  1. [1]Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in the Guineo-Congolian forest region: a synoptic revision — Breteler F. J. · Royal Botanical Society of Belgium · 2013 · http://dx.doi.org/10.5091/plecevo.2013.770 · ISBN 2032-3913 ↩︎A revision of the west African members of the genus Uapaca
  2. [2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.
  3. [3]Flore de Madagascar et des Comores — Humbert H. · Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris · 1946 - 1984 · http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/ ↩︎Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.