Rubiaceae FAMILY

Corynanthe pachyceras

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

1/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Corynanthe pachyceras is a tree with a low-branching spreading crown growing up to 21 metres tall[ 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 bole is fluted and twisted, up to 2 metres in diameter[ 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 tree is gathered from the wild for local medicinal use.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Central African Republic, south to Gabon and Zaire.

HabitatAn understorey tree in forests[ 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/ ].