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Drypetes vignei

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Identification
Drypetes pellegrinii Leandri [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Keay, R.W.J., Caseari bartvei unrecorded [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Drypetes vignei Hoyle [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Hoyle, A.C.,
Related name
  • Drypetes vignei
  • Drypetes pellegrinii
  • Casearia barteri
  • Drypetes principum
  • Caseari bartvei
Common name
  • opaha (DF) (GHANA, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • σpaha-kσkσσ (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • σpaha (auctt.) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kahibéhi (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ‘SOUBRE’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

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Entry for Drypetes pellegrinii Léandri [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
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 2
Names
Drypetes pellegrinii Léandri [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Drypetes vignei Hoyle. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST: ‘SOUBRE’ kahibéhi (Aub.) GHANA: VULGAR opaha (DF) AKAN-ASANTE σpaha-kσkσσ (auctt.) TWI σpaha (auctt.)
Uses
bark Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings
Description
A understorey tree of the high-forest, to 13 m tall by 1 m girth, locally abundant in Ivory Coast and Ghana.The bark has a spicy taste and is used in Ivorean medicine (1).
References
Reference:1. Aubréville, 1959, 2: 54.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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