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Homalium alnifolium

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Name

Identification
Homalium alnifolium Hutch. & Dalziel [family SALICACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Homalium alnifolium
  • Homalium smythei
  • Homalium longistylum
  • Homalium gnyenziense
  • Homalium unrecorded
  • Homalium bachybotrys
  • Homalium dewevrei
  • Homalium aylmeri
  • Homalium vitiense
Common name
  • akohissi (auctt.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • σfam (BD&H; FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akólédò (KO&S); but cf. Cordya platythyrsa, Boraginaceae (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ahiapopo (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kσli-galε (def. -i) = leopard’s bone (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • aba (JMD) ekalado (JMD) kalado (auctt.) okuaba (JMD; KO&S) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ekang (Catterall fide JMD) (NIGERIA, EJAGHAM-ETUNG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Homalium smythei Hutch. & Dalz. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
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 1,
Names
Homalium smythei Hutch. & Dalz. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 1: 166 (1927); Kew Bull. 1928: 213.
Homalium djalonis A. Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalz [family FLACOURTIACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 166 (1927); Kew Bull1928: 212; ChevBot283, name only
Homalium alnifolium Hutch. & Dalz. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], l.c., partly.
Information
Tree, to 30 ft. high; inflorescences drooping; flowers cream or greenish; wood very hard.
Distribution
Fr. G. Diaguissa Plateau (Apr.) Chev. 12692!S. L. Smythe 55! Pujehun (Feb.) Aylmer 7! Bunabu (Mar.) Lane-Poole 16!Lib. Dukwia R. (fl. Mar., fr. May) Cooper 324! 469! (See Appendix, p. 48.)

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