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Picralima nitida
(
Stapf
)
&
H.Durand
T.Durand
Picralima
Common names:
akuamma
Group:
Angiosperm
Plant locations
Western Africa > Benin
(Native)
Western Africa > Ghana
(Native)
Western Africa > Côte d'Ivoire
(Native)
Western Africa > Nigeria
(Native)
Middle Africa > Gabon
(Native)
Middle Africa > Cameroon
(Native)
Middle Africa > Central African Republic
(Native)
Eastern Africa > Uganda
(Native)
Middle Africa > Congo, Democratic Republic of the
(Native)
Angola > Cabinda
(Native)
Descriptors
leaf apex (tip):
abruptly acuminate
leaf venation:
pinnate
leaf attachment:
petiolate
leaf base:
rounded, leaf base
leaf:
simple
leaf margin:
entire, undulate
leaf arrangement:
opposite
leaf blade:
narrowly elliptic
Measurements
leaf width:
1.9-13.0 cm
acumen length:
6.0-14.0 mm
petiole length:
10.0-22.0 mm
inflorescence length:
6.0-10.0 cm
fruit/infructence length:
8.0-15.0 cm
overall elevation:
800.0-1200.0 m
overall height:
4.0-35.0 m
bole diameter:
5.0-60.0 cm
leaf length:
10.0-27.0 cm
Toxic to
fish
Colors
fruit surface (ripe)
yellow
biomes
deciduous forest Margins
Tropics - moist
Form
shrub
tree