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Guarea africana

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Identification
Guarea africana Welw. ex C.DC. [family MELIACEAE ] Turraeanthus africanus (Welw. ex C.DC.) Pellegr. [family MELIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Turraeanthus africanus
  • Guarea africana

Flora

Entry for Turraeanthus africanus (Welw. ex C. DC.) Pellegr. [family MELIACEAE]
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
Turraeanthus africanus (Welw. ex C. DC.) Pellegr. [family MELIACEAE], in Notulae Syst. 2: 16 & 68 (1911); Chev. Bot. 111; Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 126, t. 176; Harms in E. & P Pflanzenfam. 19B, 1: 149; Pellegr. in op. cit. 9: 8; Staner in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux. 16: 210.
Guarea africana Welw. ex C. DC. [family MELIACEAE], (1878)
Bingeria africana (Welw. ex C. DC.) A. Chev. [family MELIACEAE], (1909)
Turraeanthus zenkeri Harms [family MELIACEAE], (1896) — F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 496
Turraeanthus vignei Hutch. & Dalz. [family MELIACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 496 (1928); Kew Bull1929: 25.
Information
Aforesttree, 40–110 ft. high, with heavy dark green foliage; bark whitish or yellowish, fissured; slash pale yellow, strongly scented; flowers white or yellowish; fruit a yellow fleshy capsule with 4–5 seeds;often gregarious, especially in moist places.
Habitat
forest ~ often gregarious, especially in moist places
Distribution
S.L.: Kambui Hills South Small 856!IV.C.: Aboisso (Apr.) Chev. 16298! Abidjan Aubrév 30! Koumasi Alepe Krukoff 56! 62! Azaguié Chev.22300. Yapo Chev.22309.G.C.: Tano R. Thompson 8!S.Nig.: Boshi, Okwango F.R., Obudu Div. (Apr.) Latilo FHI 30908! Cross River North F.R., Ikom Div. (June) Latilo FHI 31830! Oban Talbot 1547!Br.Cam.: Buea (Feb.) Dalz. 8209! Deistel 129! Maitland 129! 231! 1351!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Gabon
Belgian
Congo
Angola
(?) Uganda

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