Apodytes dimidiata
E.Mey. ex Arn.
Icacinaceae
Apodytes acutifolia Hochst. ex A.Rich.
Apodytes beddomei Mast.
Apodytes benthamiana Wight
Apodytes bequaertii De Wild.
Apodytes cambodiana Pierre
Apodytes curtisii Dyer ex King
Apodytes emirnensis Baker
Apodytes frappieri Cordem.
Apodytes gardneriana Miers
Apodytes giung A.Chev.
Apodytes hazomaitso Danguy
Apodytes imerinensis Baker
Apodytes inversa Baill.
Apodytes javanica Koord. & Valeton
Apodytes mauritiana (Miers) Benth. & Hook.f. ex B.D.Jacks.
Apodytes mauritiana Benth. & Hook. f.
Apodytes stuhlmannii Engl.
Apodytes tonkinensis Gagnep.
Apodytes yunnanensis Hu
Hemilobium ficifolium Welw.
Icacina mauritiana Miers
Mappia philippinensis Merr.
Neoleretia philippinensis (Merr.) Baehni
Nothapodytes philippinensis (Merr.) Sleumer
Common Name: White Pear
Tree
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Tree
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Flowering stem
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Young growth
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Trunk
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General Information
White pear is an evergreen shrub or tree that can grow up to 20 metres tall but is usually smaller[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
,
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.
].
The tree produces a good quality timber and is often exploited in the wild for this[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
Range
Tropical and subtropical Africa, southern China, India, Myanmar, Malaysia through to the Philippines
Habitat
Sparse woods, dense forests, scrub at elevations of 500 - 1,900 metres in southern China[
266- Title
- Flora of China
- Publication
-
- Author
-
- Website
- http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/
- Publisher
- Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis.
- Year
- 1994
- ISBN
-
- Description
- An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available.
]. Widespread in Africa from sea-level in coastal evergreen bush to fringing forest in Brachystegia-Julbernardia woodland and mountain grassland[
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 | Evergreen Tree |
| Height | 10.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The whitish wood is solid, close-grained, strong, hard and elastic[
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.
]. It is used by wagon makers and for high class cabinet work[
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.
,
].
Propagation
Seed -
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