Calpocalyx cauliflorusHoyle [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Rosevear, D.R.,
Related name
Calpocalyx cauliflorus
Common name
otuen (KO&S) (NIGERIA, BOKYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
Flora
Entry for Calpocalyx cauliflorus Hoyle [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
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
Calpocalyx cauliflorusHoyle [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE], in Kew Bull. 1933: 172.
Information
Understoreyforesttree, to 65 ft. high; cauliflorous, flowers apparently never terminal among the foliage; calyx and petals red, stamens yellow; branchlets hollow, inhabited by ants.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
S. Nig. Ikom Rosevear 39/30a! 40/30a! Cross River North F.R., Ikom (Dec.) Keay FHI 28161!
Notes
Further collecting to show range in leaf-shape, together with observations on the cauliflorous habit, are needed to determine how tar species Nos. 3, 4 and 5 are in fact distinct.
