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Useful Tropical Plants

Citropsis gabunensis

(Engl.) Swingle & M.Kellerm.

Rutaceae

+ Synonyms

Aeglopsis chevalieri tanakae (Swingle & M.Kellerm.) A.Chev.

Citropsis citrifolia Tanaka

Citropsis gabunensis lacourtiana (De Wild.) Swingle & M.Kellerm.

Citropsis tanakae Swingle & M.Kellerm.

Citropsis zenkeri Engl.

Limonia gabunensis Engl.

Limonia lacourtiana De Wild.

Common Name:

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General Information

Citropsis gabunensis is an evergreen shrub or small tree growing from 1.5 - 6 metres tall[
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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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703
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 21
Publication
 
Author
Rehder A. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University; Boston.
Year
1940
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical journal containing several interesting articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
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The edible fruit is gathered from the wild for local use.
There have been significant declines in the habitat of this species because of logging, mining and the commercial planting of exotics. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2011)[
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Title
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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Website
http://www.iucnredlist.org/
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0
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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

703
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 21
Publication
 
Author
Rehder A. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University; Boston.
Year
1940
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical journal containing several interesting articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.

Range

West tropical Africa - Sierra Leone, Liberia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo, Angola.

Habitat

An understorey tree in wet, evergreen forest[
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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.
].

Properties

Conservation StatusVulnerable
Edibility Rating *  *
HabitEvergreen Shrub
Height3.00 m
Cultivation StatusWild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

Fruit - raw[
703
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 21
Publication
 
Author
Rehder A. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University; Boston.
Year
1940
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical journal containing several interesting articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. Delicious[
703
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 21
Publication
 
Author
Rehder A. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University; Boston.
Year
1940
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical journal containing several interesting articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
]. The rather soft pulp is tender, juicy and of a very agreeable flavour. The yellow-orange, subglobose fruit is up to 20mm in diameter with a peel up to 2.5 mm. The fruit of the species is so full of seeds that there is little room for any flesh, but there is a form, which has been known as Citropsis gabunensis lacourtiana, which has few or no seeds[
703
Title
Journal of the Arnold Arboretum Vol. 21
Publication
 
Author
Rehder A. (Editor)
Website
http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Publisher
Harvard University; Boston.
Year
1940
ISBN
 
Description
A botanical journal containing several interesting articles. It can be downloaded from the Internet.
].

Medicinal

None known

Other Uses

None known

Propagation

Seed -
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