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Cassipourea hiotou

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Identification
Cassipourea hiotou Aubrév. & Pellegr. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Cassipourea hiotou
Common name
  • hiotu = wood hard as stone (Aub.; A&P) (IVORY COAST ‘, KRU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Cassipourea hiotou Aubrév. & Pellegr. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 4
Names
Cassipourea hiotou Aubrév. & Pellegr. [family RHIZOPHORACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST ‘: KRU’ hiotu = wood hard as stone (Aub.; A&P)
Description
A straggling shrub or understorey forest tree to 13 m tall; in Ivory Coast and Ghana.The wood is very hard, evoking the ‘Kru’ name (see above) meaning ‘wood hard as stone’, (1, 2). No usage is recorded.
References
References:1. Aubréville, 1959: 3: 58. 2. Aubréville & Pellegrin, 1958.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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