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Useful Tropical Plants

Asteropeia multiflora

Thouars

Asteropeiaceae

+ Synonyms

Asteropeia bakeri Scott-Elliot

Common Name:

Asteropeia multiflora
Flowering branch
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Asteropeia multiflora Asteropeia multiflora

General Information

Asteropeia multiflora is a medium-sized evergreen tree.
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its timber.
The tree has a fairly wide range and occurs in a number of protected areas. However, habitat loss due to exploitation of the forest for charcoal, fire, timber for construction, and shifting cultivation, plus the selective exploitation of this species for timber, may result in a future decline of the population. It is currently classified as 'Least Concern' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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0
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Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

455
Title
Flore de Madagascar et des Comores
Publication
 
Author
Humbert H.
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/
Publisher
Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle; Paris
Year
1946 - 1984
ISBN
 
Description
Written in French, an excellent flora of the area though it has not been completed. Available for download from the Internet.

Range

Africa - northern and eastern Madagascar.

Habitat

Low and mid- elevation evergreen humid and littoral forest[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Properties

Conservation StatusLeast Concern
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Tree
Height0.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

A plant of middle elevations in the humid tropics[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The wood is known as 'andrampotsy', and is used for house and bridge construction, especially as poles, and for joinery, railway sleepers and carvings. It is suitable for heavy flooring, interior trim, mine props, ship building, vehicle bodies, sporting goods, agricultural implements and turning[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.prota.org
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
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Propagation

Seed -
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