Schrebera arborea

Botanical Description

Schrebera arborea is a deciduous tree that usually grows, up to 30 metres tall, though specimens to 40 metres have been recorded. The straight, cylindrical bole is buttressed or fluted for its first 2.5 metres, but is then free of branches; it can be up to 80cm in diameter[ 299 Title Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. Publication Author Website http://www.prota.org Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa. , 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 considered an important source of timber locally, though it is not traded. It is also harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is encouraged to grow by native people who tend it when it is young, is used as a shade tree in plantations and is also grown as an ornamental[ 99 Title Plants in British Columbian Indian Technology. Publication Author Turner. N. J. Publisher British Columbia Provincial Museum Year 1979 ISBN 0-7718-8117-7 Description Excellent and readable guide. , 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/ ].