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Oncocalamus acanthocnemis

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Name

Identification
Oncocalamus acanthocnemis Drude [family PALMAE ] Oncocalamus mannii (H.Wendl.)H.Wendl. [family PALMAE ] (stored under name); Verified by T.Sunderland,
Related name
  • Oncocalamus mannii
  • Oncocalamus acanthocnemis
Common name
  • kwagiri a general term for all spp. (JMD; TAR) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • rotin., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • añā (BNO; KW) ekwe oga canefor (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ikan (JMD) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • demmere (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-AKYEM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ayikε large canes (FRI) mfĩa small canes (FRI) nene medium canes (FRI) (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • rattan, rotan (from Malay)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • eyie (TAR) (GHANA, ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for ONCOCALAMUS acanthocnemis Drude [family PALMAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 97, (1902) Author: (By C. H. Wright.)
Names
ONCOCALAMUS acanthocnemis Drude [family PALMAE], in Engl. Jahrb. xxi. 111, 133.
Information
Stem slender, reed-like, 3 lin. thick; sheaths long, cylindrical, sparsely covered all over with blackish reflexed spines. Leaves very shortly petioled, simply bifurcate or irregularly pinnately divided between the upper nerves; lobes broadly lanceolate and acute when the leaf is simply bifurcate, or when more divided the upper lobes narrowly linear-lanceolate and 9–14 lin. apart, bearing marginal spines 1/2 lin. long; primary nerves about 8 on each side, prominent on the upper surface, scarcely raised on the lower; cirrhus many times longer than the very short midrib, armed with slender spines, destitute of larger prickles. Inflorescence and fruit unknown.
Distribution
Gaboon Lower Guinea in intertwining masses (bushropes) in the woods, Büttner, 527, 529; Gaboon River, Mann, 1044A!Congo Lower Guinea Bolobo, Hens, C, 170!

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