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Strombosia grandifolia is a medium-sized understorey tree of West and Central African evergreen lowland forests, growing up to about 25 m tall. It is a forest tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so cultivation is uncommon and mainly relevant to forestry or botanic collections.
Strombosia grandifolia is an understorey tree native to West and Central Africa belonging to the family Olacaceae.
The geographical range of Strombosia grandifolia is the eastern parts of West Africa to Central Africa, from the Republic of Benin to the Democratic Republic of Congo. It is commonly found in evergreen forests in lowlands and also in transitional zones between lowland vegetation to afromontane vegetations.
In traditional medicine, stem bark extracts are used in the treatments of various ailments that includes skin infections, abdominal pains and cough.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Strombosia grandifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
