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Hallea ledermannii

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Identification
Hallea ledermannii (K.Krause) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Hallea ledermannii
Common name
  • baya (B (IVORY COAST, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • abura; bahia; poplar., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • boh (C) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • néropépé (K&B) (LIBERIA, KRU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tilleul d’Afrique (misapplied: this is correctly M. stipulosa)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • boro (RS) ‘ (LIBERIA, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bo (Har.; AGV) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • sozo (auctt.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • atchuipu (K&B) etupoin (B&D) (IVORY COAST, ABURE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • floye (AGV) (LIBERIA, GUERE (Krahn)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • mboei (SKS) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • bôh (AGV) (LIBERIA, DAN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • poplar (Liberia)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Information

Entry for Hallea ledermannii (K Krause) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
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
Hallea ledermannii (K Krause) Verdc. [family RUBIACEAE]
Mitragyna ciliata Aubrév. & Pellegr. [family RUBIACEAE]
Common names
English poplar (Liberia). French tilleul d’Afrique (misapplied: this is correctly M. stipulosa). Trade abura; bahia; poplar. SIERRA LEONE: MENDE mboei (SKS) LIBERIA: DAN bôh (AGV) KONO boro (RS) ‘ KRU’ néropépé (K&B) KRU-BASA boh (C) GUERE (Krahn) floye (AGV) MANO bo (Har.; AGV) IVORY COAST: ABE sozo (auctt.) ABURE atchuipu (K&B) etupoin (B&D) AKAN-ASANTE baya (B
Uses
(bark) Medicines: pain-killers (bark) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (bark) Medicines: antemetics (bark, leaf) Medicines: diarrhoea, dysentery (bark) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (bark) Medicines: genital stimulants/depressants (bark) Medicines: abortifacients, ecbolics (bark, leaf) Medicines: venereal diseases (bark) Medicines: fabrifuges (bark) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (bark) Phytochemistry: fish-poisons Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: indicators (weather, season, time) (timber, leaf) Products: building materials (timber) Products: pulp and paper (timber) Products: carpentry and related applications (timber) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: household, domestic and personal items (wood) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. (leaf) Products: containers, food-wrappers
Products
trade: Bahiafrench: Tilleul d’Afriquetrade: Aburaenglish: Poplartrade: Poplar
Description
A tree to 36 m tall, low buttresses, or none, with a straight cylindrical bole, 1 m diameter by 20 m long to first branching; of swamp-forest and on stream-sides in the closed rain-forest zone; from Sierra Leone to W Cameroons and Fernando Po, and into Za
References
References:1. Anon, s.d., a: as abura. 2. Aubréville, 1959: 3: 266, as Mitragyna ciliata Aub. & Pell. 3. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 148, as M. ciliata. 4. Cooper 104, K. 5. Cooper 312, K. 6. Cooper & Record, 1931: 111, with timber characters, as M. stipulosa
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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