Sterculia oblonga

Botanical Description

Sterculia oblonga is a deciduous tree growing 25 - 40 metres tall. The clean, straight bole is up to 120cm in diameter, with sharp buttresses up to 2 metres high[ 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 edible seed is gathered from the wild for local use. The tree is also exploited locally as a source of fibre and medicines, and provides a useful timber that is used locally and also traded. Levels of exploitation for its timber are moderate and are contributing to the declines in population numbers. The tree has been classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2016)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].