Xylopia rubescens
Oliv.
Annonaceae
Xylopia butayei De Wild
Xylopia gossweileri Exell
Xylopia humilis Engl. & Diels
Xylopia zenkeri Engl. & Diels
Common Name:
General Information
Xylopia rubescens is an evergreen shrub or tree growing from 4.5 - 30 metres tall. The bole has stilt roots[
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
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- Author
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- Website
- http://apps.kew.org/efloras/fz/intro.html
- Publisher
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- Year
- 0
- ISBN
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- 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.
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The tree is sometimes harvested from the wild for its timber, which is mainly used locally. It is sometimes planted to provide shade[
].
Known Hazards
None known
Botanical References
308- Title
- Flora Zambesiaca
- Publication
-
- Author
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- 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.
Range
Tropical Africa - Liberia to Sudan and Kenya, south to Angola, Zambia and Tanzania.
Habitat
Riverine forests, freshwater swamp forests and relicts of evergreen mist forests, at elevations from near sea level to 1,530 metres[
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.
,
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
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- Author
- Burkil. H. M.
- Publisher
- Royal Botanic Gardens; Kew.
- Year
- 1985 - 2004
- ISBN
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- 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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].
Properties
| Other Uses Rating |  |
| Habit | Evergreen Tree |
| Height | 25.00 m |
| Cultivation Status | Cultivated, Wild |
Cultivation Details
Not known
Edible Uses
None known
Medicinal
None known
Other Uses
The fibrous bark is used for making hut-walls and in hut-construction[
332- Title
- The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa.
- Publication
-
- 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/
].
The white wood is light in weight and believed to be immune to insect attack. It is used for making the feet of chairs, etc that are made of the local rattans, and it also provides building poles for local construction[
].
The wood is used for fuel[
].
Propagation
Seed -
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Useful Tropical Plants Database 2014 by
Ken Fern,
web interface by
Ajna Fern
with help from
Richard Morris.
