Antidesma venosum
Antidesma venosum
- Native to:
- Angola | Benin | Botswana | Burkina | Burundi | Cameroon | Caprivi Strip | Central African Republic | Chad | China | Congo | DR Congo | Eswatini | Ethiopia | Gabon | Gambia | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Hainan | Ivory Coast | Kenya | Laos | Liberia | Malawi | Mali | Mozambique | Niger | Nigeria | Rwanda | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Somalia | South Africa | Sudan-South Sudan | Tanzania | Thailand | Togo | Uganda | Vietnam | Zambia | Zimbabwe
Wikimedia: Ton Rulkens (www.flickr.com) from Mozambique
Taxonomy
- Division:
- Magnoliophyta | - Flowering plants
- Family:
- Phyllanthaceae
- Genus:
- Antidesma
- Species:
- Antidesma venosum
Growth Characteristics
- Growth Habit:
- Tree , Shrub
- Height:
- 800 cm
- Drought Tolerance:
- Medium
- Bloom Months:
- jan,sep,oct,nov,dec
- Bloom Colors:
- yellow, green
- Landscaping Shrub:
- Yes
Garden & Ecology Notes
- Wildlife Value:
- birds, small mammals
- Fire Ecology:
- Fire adapted — tolerates or benefits from fire
- Fire Notes:
- Resprouts vigorously from the base after fire, common in fire-prone African savannas.
Propagation & Germination
- Notes:
- Fresh seeds germinate more readily; dried seeds may have reduced viability.
The above propagation data sourced from Claude AI