Sapotaceae FAMILY

Pouteria pierrei

Edibility

2/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

Occupational asthma and contact urticaria caused by the wood dust have been recorded in sawmill workers[ 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. ].

Botanical Description

Pouteria pierrei is a deciduous tree with a dense crown; it can grow up to 40 metres tall. The straight, cylindrical bole can be up to 150cm in diameter, branchless for up to 25 metres, with triangular, often winged and branched buttresses up to 3 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. ]. The tree is harvested from the wild for local use of its edible fruit. It is widely exploited for its wood, which is exported in considerable quantities as sawn wood and veneer[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeWest tropical Africa - Sierra Leone to Cameroon and Central African Republic.

HabitatSemi-deciduous forest and the transition zone to humid evergreen forest[ 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. ].