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Useful Tropical Plants

Beilschmiedia louisii

Robyns & R.Wilczek

Lauraceae

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General Information

Beilschmiedia louisii can vary in habit from an evergreen shrub 6 - 8 metres tall to a large tree that can grow 35 - 50 metres tall[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
]. The straight, cylindrical bole is unbuttressed, it can be free of branches for up to 32 metres and 40 - 100cm in diameter[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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The tree is harvested from the wild for its timber and edible fruit, which are used locally.

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References


Range

West tropical Africa - Cameroon, Central African Republic, DR Congo.

Habitat

Rainforest and gallery forest[
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Properties

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HabitEvergreen Tree
Height25.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - used as a condiment[
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]. A cinnamon-like flavour[
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]. The smooth, shiny, brown fruit is an ellipsoid-oblong to ovoid berry, 20 - 45mm × 15 - 20mm, containing a single seed[
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Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

The heartwood is brown, turning slightly greenish on exposure; it is clearly demarcated from the 5cm wide, pale yellow-brown sapwood[
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]. The grain is usually straight; texture fine. The wood saws easily but slowly; it works well with hand and machine tools, although there is a marked blunting effect on tools due to the presence of silica; it nails easily without splitting, and it holds nails well; it finishes well, polishes to a walnut-like sheen and glues well[
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]. The wood is only rarely attacked by termites and marine borers, and it is moderately resistant to fungi[
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An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
]. The wood has an attractive appearance and is suitable for furniture, cabinet work, interior trim, joinery, construction, flooring, shipbuilding, vehicle bodies, railway sleepers, mine props, poles, piles, veneer and plywood[
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Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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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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