Apocynaceae FAMILY

Voacanga thouarsii

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

Trees can be coppiced or pollarded^[1].

Propagation

Seed - pre-soaking for 12 hours in warm water can improve germination results^[1]. The seed is quite easy to germinate - it can be sown in light shade in nursery seedbeds or individual containers. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Voacanga+thouarsii>

Pollinators

Data unavailable

References

[1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
[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/