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Diospyros alboflavescens

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Name

Identification
Maba alboflavescens Gurke [family EBENACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Diospyros alboflavescens (Gurke) F.White [family EBENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by White F., 1960
Related name
  • Maba alboflavescens
  • Diospyros albo-flavescens
  • Diospyros insculpta
  • Diospyros iturensis
  • Diospyros alboflavescens
Common name
  • nyangha (Catterall) (NIGERIA, EJAGHAM-ETUNG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • esu (KO&S) oshu (KO&S) osun (KO&S) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • uhu (JMD; KO&S) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ákwírìkwárísí = ringworm (KO&S; Ilonah) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nyàñá = spread out (KO&S) (NIGERIA, IBIBIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • Benin ebony (loosely applied, S Nigeria, Dalziel)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Diospyros alboflavescens (Gürke) F. White [family EBENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Diospyros alboflavescens (Gürke) F. White [family EBENACEAE], in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 26: 241 (1956).
Maba alboflavescens Gürke [family EBENACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 43: 199 (1909).
Diospyros insculpta Hutch. & Dalz. [family EBENACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 4; Kew Bull. 1937: 54, not of Buch.-Ham. (1827).
Information
Small or medium-sizedforesttree up to 60 ft. high, sometimes multiple-stemmed; bole fluted; bark black, smooth; slash black outside, reddish-brown inside, crumbling; flowers fragrant, corolla cream; fruit orange, borne on branches and main stem.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
S. Nig. Okomu F.R., Benin (male fl. Jan.) Brenan & E. W. Jones 8750![Br.] Cam. Badshu Abagbe, Mamfe Smith 3!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Ubangi-Shari
the Congos
Angola

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