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Homalium letestui

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Name

Identification
Homalium skirlii Gilg [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Homalium letestui Pellegr. [family FLACOURTIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Sleumer H., 1970
Related name
  • Homalium letestui
  • Homalium africanum
  • Homalium skirlii
  • Homalium dolichophyllum
Common name
  • duakowaboba (CJT) mmepσmdua (FRI; CJT) εsononankoroma = elephant’s knee (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • tiubétad (JB) (SENEGAL, FULA-PULAAR (Senegal)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akporo (auctt.) ekalado (JMD) kalado (JMD) kalado akporo (Lamb) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • abo àkó = female ‘ako’ (auctt.) òtúrù (Verger) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • di iroa (FRI) (GHANA, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • di iroa (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • mbléufu (Aub.) mélé fu fu (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • kσli-galε (def. -i) = leopard’s bone (auctt.) kσtu-wulo (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • rokò bachi (auctt.) (NIGERIA, NUPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nyaŋgi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akoledo (Lancaster) (NIGERIA, YORUBA (Ondo)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ahubé (Aub.) diunankahia (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • akpurukwu (KO&S) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wudi-na-akhσ-na (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE, YALUNKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • (Guinea-Bissau) tchubètáde (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • osononankroma (DF; E&A) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bro-kpar = hard as bone (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • teinpiando (?tienpiando) (S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • osonnankroma (DF) εsononankoroma = elephant’s knee (auctt.) (GHANA, WASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • miarhire (auctt.) (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Homalium letestui Pellegr. [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 letestui Pellegr. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. 27: 193 (1921).
Homalium dolichophyllum Gilg ex Engl. [family FLACOURTIACEAE], Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 2: 579 (1921); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 166; Hutch& Dalzin Kew Bull1928: 212; Aubrévl.c3: 18, t251
Homalium africanum [family FLACOURTIACEAE], of Gilg in EnglBotJahrb40: 488 and of ChevBot283, not of (Hookf.) Benth.
Information
Foresttree, to 100 ft. high; leaves glossy, with midrib and nerves reddish-purple beneath when young; flowers whitish at first, petals becoming wine-red and finally cream-coloured in fruit; wood very hard.
Habitat
Forest
Distribution
Fr. G. Rio Nunez Heudelot 810!S. L. Talla Hills (Apr.) Sc. Elliot 5532! Bandajuma (Feb.) Lane-Poole 150! Njala (Mar.) Deighton 2868! Batkanu (Feb.) Deighton 3495!Lib. Jabrocca (fr. Dec.) Baldwin 10877!Iv. C. Assinie (Apr.) Chev. 16316! Tai Aubrév. 1208!G. C. Winnebah (fl. & fr. Feb.) Dalz. 8302! Prestea (Oct.) Vigne 163! Kumasi Vigne 1040!S. Nig. Lapai (Feb.) Yates 35!S. Nig. Shasha F.R. Lancaster 12! Okomu F.R. (fr. Feb.) Brenan 9113! Sapoba Kennedy 1666! 2089! Onitsha Unwin 70! Oban Talbot 1514!Br. Cam. Victoria (fl. & tr. Jan., Feb.) Preuss 1379! Maitland 176! 178! S. Bakundu F.R. (fr. Feb.) Ejiofor FHI 14078!F. Po (Jan.) Mann 232!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Gabon

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