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Useful Tropical Plants

Chrysophyllum welwitschii

Engl.

Sapotaceae

+ Synonyms

Chrysophyllum ealaense De Wild.

Chrysophyllum gracile A.Chev.

Chrysophyllum klainei Engl.

Donella welwitschii (Engl.) Pierre ex Aubrév. & Pellegr.

Micropholis angolensis Pierre

Common Name:

Chrysophyllum welwitschii

General Information

Chrysophyllum welwitschii varies in habit - usually an evergreen climber growing up to 20 metres tall with very slender bole, it can also be a shrub growing no more than 3 - 5 metres tall[
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.
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The plant is gathered from the wild for local use as a medicine and for other commodities.

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

Western tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to S Nigeria, and on into Zaire and Angola.

Habitat

Scrub vegetation and gallery forest[
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.
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332
Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
ISBN
 
Description
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/
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Properties

Medicinal Rating *  *
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Shrub
Height10.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

A plant of the moister tropics.

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

The bark and young leaves are pounded and soaked for taking as cough-medicine[
332
Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
ISBN
 
Description
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/
].

Other Uses

The bark contains a white latex[
332
Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
Publication
 
Author
Burkil. H. M.
Publisher
Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
Year
1985 - 2004
ISBN
 
Description
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/
].

The seeds are used as ornaments[
46
Title
Dictionary of Economic Plants.
Publication
 
Author
Uphof. J. C. Th.
Publisher
Weinheim
Year
1959
ISBN
-
Description
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.
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Propagation

Seed -
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