Month August 2023

Lowland coastal freshwater swamps, where it can grow in water up to 1 metre deep, and river banks. The soils of Nigerian freshwater swamps are light textured and generally acidic. Love

Moist, swampy ground. Riverine and groundwater forest. Gallery forests, freshwater swamp forest, along river banks and in the western shoreline forests of Lake Victoria, at elevations from sea level to 2,500 metres. Love

Dry or rocky woods, mainly on siliceous soils and on the borders of streams. The best specimens are found on deep rich well-drained soils. Love

Dry calcareous slopes and ridges, or on rich bottoms. Well-drained uplands, favouring limestone soils and avoiding acid soils. Love

Inundated bottoms, stream borders and swamps. Love

Clay or gravelly soils in hills and mountains below 2500 metres. Sometimes forms groves of considerable extent in coniferous forests. Love

Found in a variety of habitats from dry hillsides to moist bottomlands, rich woods and fertile slopes, mainly on limestone soils. Love

Open forests in the hills or as solitary trees, usually in dry soils. Love

Arid places, maquis, woods and hills on limestone. Love