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Homalium africanum

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Identification
Homalium buchholzii Warb. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] Verified by Sleumer, H., Homalium africanum (Hook.f.) Benth. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Homalium stipulaceum
  • Homalium molle
  • Homalium platypleurum
  • Homalium gilletii
  • Homalium africanum
  • Homalium ealaense
  • Homalium crassipetalum
  • Homalium lundense
  • Homalium unrecorded
  • Homalium sarcopetalum
  • Homalium buchholzii
Common name
  • kolo-gale (def. -i) (JMD) nye gale (def. -i) = fish bone; applies also to other spp. (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kị́mị́ gbásá = human-being’s stick (KW&T) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nguma (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ekalado ẹzẹ (auctt.) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akohima (A.Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • εsono nankroma = elephannt’s legs (E&A) wirokom (BD&H) (GHANA, AHANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akonibia (A.Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akonibia (A.Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kumσdiri (NWT) sarayenyi (NWT) wuriboge (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bleufu? this sp. (JMD) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kamandi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ε-lopa (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wirokom (FRI; CJT) (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • oyuru uguru = lives through the Harmattan (AJC) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Umuahia)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

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Entry for Homalium africanum (Hook f.) Benth. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
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
Homalium africanum (Hook f.) Benth. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Homalium molle Stapf [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Homalium sarcopetalum Pierre. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Common names
SIERRA LEONE: LIMBA kamandi (NWT) LOKO nguma (NWT) MENDE kolo-gale (def. -i) (JMD) nye gale (def. -i) = fish bone; applies also to other spp. (JMD) SUSU kumσdiri (NWT) sarayenyi (NWT) wuriboge (NWT) TEMNE ε-lopa (NWT) IVORY COAST: ABE bleufu? this sp. (JMD) AKAN-FANTE akonibia (A.Chev. fide JMD) ANYI akohima (A.Chev. fide JMD) NZEMA akonibia (A.Chev. fide JMD) GHANA: AHANTA εsono nankroma = elephannt’s legs (E&A) wirokom (BD&H) NZEMA wirokom (FRI; CJT) NIGERIA: EDO ekalado ẹzẹ (auctt.) IGBO (Umuahia) oyuru uguru = lives through the Harmattan (AJC) IJO-IZON (Kolokuma) kị́mị́ gbásá = human-being’s stick (KW&T)
Uses
bark root Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: fence-posts, poles, sticks Products: carpentry and related applications
Description
Tree to 33 m tall of humid rain-forest to secondary forest, usually in swampy or damp localities occurring from Guinea to W Cameroon, and widespread to Angola and across Africa to Mozambique.The bole is short with low branches and is slightly fluted. The wood varies from brown (as H. molle Stapf, 3) to dull white (as H. africanum (Hook. f.) Benth., 3), and is hard and suitable for carpentry (2, 4). In SE Nigeria it is used for yam stakes (5).A trace of alkaloid has been detected in the bark and roots of material from Congo (Brazzaville) (1).
References
References:1. Bouquet, 1972: 44. 2. Dalziel, 1937: 49. 3. Keay & al., 1960: 113–4. 4. Sleumer, 1973: 281–9. 5. Williamson, K & Timitimi, 1983.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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