Beilschmiedia louisii
Robyns & R. Wilczek
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Meise Botanic Garden
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Description
A large tree. It grows 35-50 m tall. The trunk can be 1 m across. The leaves are alternate and 5-18 cm long by 3-8 cm wide. The fruit are oblong and 2-4.5 cm long by 1.5-2.2 cm wide.
Edible Uses
Fruit - used as a condiment. A cinnamon-like flavour. The smooth, shiny, brown fruit is an ellipsoid-oblong to ovoid berry, 20 - 45mm × 15 - 20mm, containing a single seed.
Distribution
It is a tropical plant.
Where It Grows
Africa, Central Africa, Congo DR,
Other Uses
The heartwood is brown, turning slightly greenish on exposure; it is clearly demarcated from the 5cm wide, pale yellow-brown sapwood. The grain is usually straight; texture fine. The wood saws easily but slowly; it works well with hand and machine tools, although there is a marked blunting effect on tools due to the presence of silica; it nails easily without splitting, and it holds nails well; it finishes well, polishes to a walnut-like sheen and glues well. The wood is only rarely attacked by termites and marine borers, and it is moderately resistant to fungi. The wood has an attractive appearance and is suitable for furniture, cabinet work, interior trim, joinery, construction, flooring, shipbuilding, vehicle bodies, railway sleepers, mine props, poles, piles, veneer and plywood.
Also Known As
Efufuko, Losomba, Vondoro
References (3)
- Robyns, W., & Wilczek, R. 1985, Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi: Lauracae Vol 2, p 419
- The Digital Flora of Central Africa, 2013, (Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda & Burundi) Botanical Garden Meise
- World Checklist of Useful Plant Species 2020. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
