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Brucea guineensis

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Name

Identification
Brucea guineensis G.Don [family SIMAROUBACEAE ] Verified by Keay,R.W.J., 1955 Brucea macrophylla Oliv. [family SIMAROUBACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Brucea guineensis
  • Brucea paniculata
  • Brucea macrophylla

Flora

Entry for Brucea guineensis G. Don [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Brucea guineensis G. Don [family SIMAROUBACEAE], Gen. Syst. 1: 801 (1831).
Brucea macrophylla Oliv. [family SIMAROUBACEAE], F.T.A. 1: 310 (1868); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 486
Brucea paniculata [family SIMAROUBACEAE], of F.T.A1: 310, partly (synB. guineensis G. Don only).
Information
A shrub or tree, to 15 ft. high, with long panicles of small flowers with red corollas; in clearings in lowland rain forest; possibly only varietally distinct from the above.
Habitat
; in clearings in lowland rain forest
Distribution
S.L.:G.C.: Obuom Mine (June) Vigne FH 2974!Br.Cam.: Ambas Bay (Feb.) Mann 774! Victoria (fr. May, Aug.) Maitland 703! Bulifambo (Mar.) Maitland 579!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Spanish Guinea

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