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Uapaca heudelotii
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Uapaca heudelotii

Uapaca heudelotii

Edibility
2/5
Medicinal
2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitEvergreen Tree
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+heudelotii>

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]The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa. — Burkil. H. M. · Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew. · 1985 - 2004 ↩︎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/
  3. [3]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.