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Xylopia rubescens

Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Uganda and Zambia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Xylopia rubescens is a tree in the Annonaceae family, it grows up to 30 m tall. Usually found in a wide variety of wetland habitats in Tropical Africa, it is one of the more common of African species within its genus.

Where it grows

Xylopia rubescens' is endemic to Tropical Africa, its distribution includes Liberia in West Africa to South Sudan in eastern Africa and up to Mozambique in southern Africa. It grows in wet habitats and in a range between sea level and 1690 meters.

Other Xylopia plants

Xylopia acutiflora · Ethiopian pepper · Xylopia africana · Xylopia amplexicaulis · Xylopia arenaria · Xylopia aromatica · Xylopia benthamii · Xylopia brasiliensis · Xylopia calophylla · Mongoose Plant · Xylopia cuspidata · Xylopia densiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia rubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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.

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