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Dracaena ovata

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Identification
Dracaena ovata Ker-Gawl. [family DRACAENACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by F.N. Hepper, 1966
Related name
  • Dracaena prolata
  • Dracaena ovata
  • Dracaena bicolor
  • Dracaena sessiliflora
Common name
  • bolomayondσ = bush banana (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • budio (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for Dracaena ovata Ker-Gawl. [family DRACAENACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 3, Part 1,
Names
Dracaena ovata Ker-Gawl. [family DRACAENACEAE], in Bot. Mag. t. 1179 (by error 1180) (1809); F.T.A. 7: 449.
Dracaena afzelii Bak. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1874)-F.T.A7: 448
Dracaena prolata C. H. Wright [family DRACAENACEAE], (1905)
Dracaena sessiliflora C. H. Wright [family DRACAENACEAE], (1914)
Pleomele prolata (C. H. Wright) N. E. Br. [family DRACAENACEAE], (1914)
Dracaena lecomtei [family DRACAENACEAE], of Aké Assi, Contrib2: 27 [23], not of Hua.
Information
A shrub up to 5 ft. high with clusters of leaves; flowers creamy white, fragrant; in forest or planted as a hedge.
Habitat
; in forest or planted as a hedge.
Range
Extending to the Congo.
Distribution
S. L.: Afzelius. Thomas 8444! Heddle's Farm, Freetown Lane-Poole 155!Lib.: Dukwia R. (Feb.) Cooper 170! Monrovia Whyte! Zwedru (fr. Aug.) Baldwin 7012! Sinoe Basin Whyte! 18 miles N. of Tapeta (Feb.) Voorhoeve 169!Iv. C.: Yapo forest (fr. Oct.) Leeuwenberg 1837! Amitioro forest (fr. Dec.) Aké Assi 8381!S. Nig.: Eket Dist. Talbot 3191!
Notes
[I have included several specimens (e.g. Baldwin 7012, Aké Assi 8381) with longer inflorescences which may be specifically distinct. Aké Assi (l.c.) regarded them as referable to D. lecomtei Hua, but this is a synonym of D. camerooniana Bak.-F.N.H.]

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