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Ancylobotrys scandens

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Name

Identification
Ancylobotrys scandens (Schumach.&Thonn.) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Isotype of Landolphia scandens Schumach.&Thonn. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Landolphia petersiana
  • Ancylobotrys mammosa
  • Landolphia welwitschii
  • Ancylobotrys brevituba
  • Landolphia scandens
  • Ancylobotrys scandens
  • Strychnos scandens
Common name
  • σbσmene (FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ùbó-ámiọ́ghọ̀n (JMD) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ìbó (JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọtọ poi (JMD) ọtọ-frifedi (JMD) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Asaba)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • abonta (Thonning) (GHANA, AKAN-AKUAPEM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Ancylobotrys scandens (Schum. & Thann.) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE]
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
Ancylobotrys scandens (Schum. & Thann.) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. 286, t. 18, 4-7 (1953).
Strychnos scandens Schum. & Thonn. [family LOGANIACEAE], (1827).
Landolphia scandens (Schum. & Thonn.) F. Didr [family APOCYNACEAE], . (1855)-F.T.A. 4, 1: 46; F.W.T.A. ed. 1, 2: 33; Chev. Bot. 408.
Information
Climber up to 60 ft.long with tendrils; flowers white, yellowish, purple or violet in dense cymes arranged in terminal panicles.
Distribution
Iv. C.: Danané to Mt. Goula (fr. Apr.) Chev. 21232. Danané (fr. Apr.) Chev. 21286. Guideko Chev. 16478. Boukourou (fr.Ghana: Farmar 398! Krobo Plains (fl. 8 fr. Dec.) Johnson 494! Achimota (Apr.) Irvine 1424! Legon Hill (fr. Jan.) Adams 3656! Akwapim (Mar.) Irvine 1545!Togo Rep.: Lomé Warnecke 252! Cabolé (fl.Dah.: (fr. Mar.) Poisson! Adja-Ouéré (Mar.) Le Testu 112! Adjara Chev. 22742. Ouidah (fr. Apr.) Chev. 23466.S. Nig.: Lagos (Oct.)
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Gabon
the Congos
Angola

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