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Xylopia staudtii is a tall forest tree from West and Central Africa, reaching up to 50 m, that grows in high forest and freshwater swamps. It is a wild timber-scale tree rather than a garden plant, so its care needs are mostly those of a large tropical rainforest species.
Xylopia staudtii Engl & Diels is a tall tree within the Annonaceae family, it can grow up to 50 metres (160 ft) tall, the tallest height of the African Xylopia trees. It occurs in forest and freshwater swamps in West Africa.
It grows in West and Central Africa, from Guinea to Uganda, in high forest or swampy forest zones. It is widely spread in the Takamanda Reserve in Cameroon.
Locals use stem bark extracts to treat dysentery in Cameroon and cold in Côte d'Ivoire.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Xylopia staudtii 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.
