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Fleurya ovalifolia

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Name

Identification
Fleurya ovalifolia (Schum&Thonn) Dandy. [family URTICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Ekwuno, P.O., 1974
Related name
  • Fleurya podocarpa
  • Fleurya ovalifolia
  • Laportea ovalifolia
  • Fleurya spicata
Common name
  • mσli the true ‘moli’; cf. Urera and Tregia spp. (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • fukσse (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • aberewa nom taa = old woman smokes tobacco (FRI) Kumasi otuo = Kumasi guns; in allusion to the pollen (F (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • kikσru (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Flora

Entry for Fleurya ovalifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Dandy [family URTICACEAE]
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
Fleurya ovalifolia (Schum. & Thonn.) Dandy [family URTICACEAE], in F.W. Andr. Fl. Pl. A.-E. Sud. 2: 277 (1952); Kew Bull. 1953: 103.
Haynea ovalifolia Schum. & Thonn. [family URTICACEAE], (1827)
Fleurya podocarpa Wedd. [family URTICACEAE], (1869) — F.T.A6, 2: 251 (incl. var. mannii Wedd.); ChevBot609; Hauman in FlCongo Belge 1: 191, t20 (inclvar& subsp.)
Urera spicata A. Chev. [family URTICACEAE], Bot610, name only.
Information
A creeping herb, sometimes half-shrubby, with nettle-like leaves, usually beset with stinging hairs; male inflorescence greenish-white on long naked peduncles, often directly from the underground stem.
Range
Widespread in tropical Africa
Distribution
S.L.: Yetaya (Sept.) Thomas 2396! Bo to Mongeri (July) Deighton 1992! Bafodea (Apr.) Deighton 5415! Kailahun (Sept.) Jordan 526!Lib.: Cape Palmas Ansell! Gbanga (Oct.) Linder 1187! Nyaake, Webo (June) Baldwin 6205! Nekabozu, Vonjama (Oct.) Baldwin 9967!IV.C.: faot of Mt. Momy, Dyola country (Apr.) Chev. 21356! And other localities fide Chev. ll.c.G.C.: Begoro, Akim (Apr.) Irvine 1183! 1366! Kumasi Cummins 173! 232! Mamfe, Akwapim (May) Adams 300!Togo: Baumann 182! Lome Warnecke 438!IS.Nig.: Angiama Barter 92! Ibadan (Jan.) Meikle 951! Osho, Omo F.R. (Apr.) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 16846! Nun R. (Sept.) Mann 476!Br.Cam.: Victoria (Feb.) Dalz. 8201! Cam. Mt., 2,500舑6,000 ft.F. Po.: Barter! Mann 313! Moka, 4,000 ft. (Dec.) Boughey 24!

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