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Useful Tropical Plants

Nothospondias staudtii

Engl.

Simaroubaceae

+ Synonyms

Nothospondias talbotii S.Moore

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General Information

Nothospondias staudtii is a tree with a spreading crown of more or less erect branches; it can grow from 5 - 26 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole is up to 50cm in diameter; it can be free of branches for up to 10 metres[
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African Flowering Plants Database
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http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
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Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
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Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Title
Flora of West Tropical Africa
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http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025
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An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse.
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The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
This species has a relatively wide range, but is rare within that range and its habitat is rapidly declining due to human activities. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[
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IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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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

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Title
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://plants.jstor.org/search?st=2025
Publisher
 
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
An online flora, not yet complet (2012). Very comprehensive as regards to species covered, but the information on each species is often rather terse.

Range

West tropical Africa - Cote D'Ivoire to Cameroon, south to coastal DR Congo and northern Angola.

Habitat

An understorey tree in broken high forest; rain-forest; riverine forest; in understorey and half-shade; rare in the dry forest zone near the coast, where it was possibly originally planted; found at elevations up to 400 metres[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Properties

Conservation StatusVulnerable
Other Uses Rating *  *
HabitTree
Height15.00 m
Self-fertileNo
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details



A dioecious species, both male and female forms need to be grown if fruit and seed are required[
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Title
African Flowering Plants Database
Publication
 
Author
 
Website
http://www.ville-ge.ch/musinfo/bd/cjb/africa/recherche.php
Publisher
Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques.
Year
0
ISBN
 
Description
Contains information on over 150,000 plant names (including synonyms) giving a description and habitat, plus a distribution map.
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Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

Leaf extracts have shown in-vivo analgesic and anti-inflammatory activities[
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Title
Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa.
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http://www.prota.org
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0
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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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Other Uses

The wood is a clear yellow, semi-hard and fibrous. It is easy to work and furnishes a good carpentry wood but appears to be little used[
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Title
The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
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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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Propagation

Seed -
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