Aidia micrantha

(K.Schum.) Bullock ex F.White

Rubiaceae

+ Synonyms

Pauridiantha bilocularis Bremek.

Randia acarophyta De Wild.

Randia congestiflora K.Krause

Randia congolana De Wild. & T.Durand

Randia lucidula Hiern

Randia micrantha K.Schum.

Randia msonju K.Krause

Randia sphaerocoryne K.Schum.

Urophyllum biloculare R.D.Good

Common Name:

Leaves and a fruit
Photograph by: Olivier Lachenaud

General Information

Aidia micrantha is a shrub or a much-branched tree; it usually grows 1.8 - 9 metres tall, occasionally reaching 14 metres. The bole branches from low down[

364

Title: Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania.
Publication
Author: Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm
Publisher: Frontier
Year: 0
ISBN: 1-873070-33-0
Description: A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet.

].
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood. It is planted in villages for amenity use and bee forage[

364

Title: Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania.
Publication
Author: Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm
Publisher: Frontier
Year: 0
ISBN: 1-873070-33-0
Description: A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

308

Title: Flora Zambesiaca
Publication
Author
Website: http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
Publisher
Year: 0
ISBN
Description: An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.

Range

Tropical Africa - Cameroon through Central African Republic, DR Congo to Uganda, south to Angola, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

Habitat

Dry evergreen forest and rain forest, often in evergreen Parinari thicket; seasonally flooded gallery forest and other fringing vegetation; at elevations from 320 - 1,800 metres[

308

Title: Flora Zambesiaca
Publication
Author
Website: http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
Publisher
Year: 0
ISBN
Description: An excellent online flora of plants from the Zambezi River basin. It lists a number of the plant uses as well as the habitats and botanical descriptions of the plants.

Properties

Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	7.00 m
Pollinators	Bees
Cultivation Status	Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is used for poles, bows, tool handles and spoons[

364

Title: Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania.
Publication
Author: Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm
Publisher: Frontier
Year: 0
ISBN: 1-873070-33-0
Description: A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet.

].
The wood is used for fuel[

364

Title: Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania.
Publication
Author: Lovett J.C.; Ruffo C.K.; Gereau R.E.; Taplin J.R.D
Website: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/celp/webpages/projects/ecology/tree%20guide/introduction.htm
Publisher: Frontier
Year: 0
ISBN: 1-873070-33-0
Description: A lovely little book giving a basic identification guide to more than 650 species of trees growing in Tanzania. It is also available to view on the internet.

Propagation

Seed -

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