Cassipourea afzelii
(Oliv.) Alston
Rhizophoraceae
Cassipourea caesia Stapf
Cassipourea parvifolia (Scott-Elliot) Stapf
Dactylopetalum parvifolium Scott-Elliot
Richea afzelia Kuntze
Weihea afzelii Oliv.
Common Name:
General Information
Cassipourea afzelii is a slender-branched shrub or tree growing up to 15 metres tall.
The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its wood.
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
Range
West tropical Africa - Guinea to Ghana and Nigeria to Cameroon.
Habitat
Usually found in the understorey, and close to water, in wet evergreen forest, gallery forest, and secondary forest, especially in regions with an annual rainfall of over 2,500mm[
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Properties
| Medicinal Rating |  |
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Tree |
| Height | 10.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Wild |
Cultivation Details
A plant of the wet, lowland tropics. It is usually found in areas with a rainfall in excess of 2,500mm[
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Prefers a shady position[
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Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
The bark is used medicinally[
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Other Uses
The stems are very strong, tough and durable[
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- Burkil. H. M.
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- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
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- 1985 - 2004
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- 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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- 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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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
