Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Uses
(fruit) Food: general (all parts) Medicines: generally healing (all parts) Medicines: pain-killers (all parts) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (all parts) Medicines: stomach troubles (fruit) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (leaf-bud) Medicines: venereal diseases (all parts) Medicines: malnutrition, debility Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: hedges, markers Agri-horticulture: land conservation Agri-horticulture: shade-trees Products: building materials (bark) Products: fibre (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. Products: carpentry and related applications Products: fuel and lighting Products: household, domestic and personal items Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Description
A large tree up to 30 m tall, appreciably less in drier areas (Senegal: 10–12 m, 19) with bole short to 17 m long, straight, cylindrical, by 2 m girth bearing an ephemerally deciduous, dense rounded crown; of the northern (drier) side of the rain-forest i
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 7, 11, 14, 47, 83, 92, 98, 108, 132, 172, 182, 198, 233. 2. Ainslie, 1937: sp. no. 236. 3. Anon., s.d., a. 4. Aubréville, 1959: 1: 54–55. 5. Burtt-Davy & Hoyle, 1937: 80. 6. Busson, 1965: 110–1. 7. Dale & Greenway, 1961: 324, as