Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken |
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Information on the genus : Schleichera |
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Status
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Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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Ecology and distribution |
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Biology : |
Tree to 30 m, dioecious; bole to c. 3 m in girth, clear for 6 m; branchlets terete, black when young, becoming yellowish brown to ashgrey; young parts sparsely, shortly fulvous-sericeous, glandular; crown heavy. |
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Ecology : |
Cultivated for its seed oil (hairdressing, etc.) in W Africa. |
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Native of tropical SE Asia to India, Malesia (perhaps introduced there). |
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More info on : |
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
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Map |
no map available |
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Record n°223177 created 2010-12-02 |
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