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Canthium vulgare

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Name

Identification
Canthium unrecorded unrecorded [family RUBIACEAE ] Psydrax parviflora (Afz.) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bridson, D.M., Canthium congense Hiern [family RUBIACEAE ] Canthium vulgare (K.Schum.) Bullock [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Plectronia golungensis
  • Canthium unrecorded
  • Canthium vulgare
  • Psydrax parviflora
  • Canthium congense

Flora

Entry for Canthium vulgare (K. Schum.) Bullock [family RUBIACEAE]
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
Canthium vulgare (K. Schum.) Bullock [family RUBIACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1932: 374.
Plectronia vulgaris K. Schum. [family OLINIACEAE], in PflanzenwOst-AfrC: 386 (1895)
Canthium glabriflorum [family RUBIACEAE], of F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 115, partly (Chev. 23843), not of Hiern
Canthium horizontale [family RUBIACEAE], of ChevBot329, (Chev23743), not of Schum. & Thonn.
Information
Tree 20-100 ft. high or sometimes a shrub, bark rough, slash brown with grey spots turning greenish; flowers creamy-yellow or greenish-white, with an unpleasant smell;beside rivers.
Habitat
beside rivers.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa.
Distribution
Sen.: Basse Casamance (fr. Sept.) Adam 18038!Port. G.: Granja, Catio (June) Esp. Santo 2087!Guin.: Kouroussa (June) Pobéguin 704! Dalaba (fr. Sept.) Chev.! Forécariah (June) Jac.-Fél. 1672!S. L.: Heddle’s Farm, Freetown (May) Deighton 1199! Loma Mts. (fr. Sept.) Jaeger 1396!Iv. C.: Daloa to Oumé Aubrév. 1257!Ghana: Awura F.R., Ejura (fr.Dah.: Savalou (May) Chev. 23743!N. Nig.: Gindiri, Jos Plateau (Oct.) Hepper 1109!S. Nig.: Olokemeji F.R. (May) Okeke & Adebusuyi FHI 28299! Owo F.R. (May) Jones FHI 3611![Br.] Cam.: Bamenda to Kentu, 1,500 ft. (June) Maitland 1721!
Notes
[Note: Esp. Santo 2041 & 2052 from Portuguese Guinea have the calyx slightly and minutely pubescent like C. vulgare but leaves setose above like some forms of C. subcordatum DC.]

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