Xylopia staudtii
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| Xylopia staudtii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Xylopia |
| Species: | X. staudtii |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylopia staudtii | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Xylopicrum staudtii (Engl. & Diels) Kuntze | |
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.[4] It occurs in forest and freshwater swamps in West Africa.[5]
The species has a straight and slender trunk with branching stilts roots and sometimes stilted peg-roots or pneumatophores,[5] These pneumatophores can be up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) in height, but much thinner than cypress knees, so that they need prop roots to hold them upright.[6] Its diameter as measured by the d.b.h. can be up to 80 cm.[4] The leaves are somewhat leathery and discolourous, paler abaxially, measures between 5.1-11.8 cm long and 2.0-5.6 cm wide.[4] The leaf-blades are oblanceolate to obovate and sometimes elliptical outlined, blunt to acuminate apex, cuneate at the base, and decurrent on petiole.[4] The fruit, up to 5 borne on a pedicel, have a green exterior and scarlet interior, are oblong shaped, thick walled and sparsely pubescent to glabrate.[4]