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General Information

Pauridiantha rubens is a shrub or a tree; it can grow up to 7 metres tall. The bole can be up to 15cm in diameter[].
The plant is cultivated for use as a dye in Equatorial Guinea[].

Known Hazards

None known

Botanical References

Range

West tropical Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, DR Congo.

Habitat

Forest edges and edges of clearings, at elevations from sea-level up to 500 metres[].

Properties

Other Uses Rating
Habit	Tree
Height	5.00 m
Cultivation Status	Cultivated, Wild

Cultivation Details

Not known

Edible Uses

None known

Medicinal

None known

Agroforestry Uses:

Aluminium accumulation in leaves seems to be a chemotaxonomic characteristic of the Pauridiantha genus[].

Other Uses

A red dye is obtained from the young leaves[]. How the dye is used is not reported[].
The nature of the red dye present in the leaves has not been studied[]. The dye potential is optimized by the mordanting effect of the aluminium present in the leaves[].

Propagation

Seed -

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