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Hormogyne gabonensis

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Identification
Pouteria altissima (A.Chev.) Baehni [family SAPOTACEAE ] (stored under name); Aningeria altissima (A.Chev.) Aubrév.&Pellegr. [family SAPOTACEAE ] Sideroxylon gabonense (A.Chev.) Lecomte ex Pellegr. [family SAPOTACEAE ] Hormogyne altissima A.Chev. [family SAPOTACEAE ] Hormogyne gabonensis A.Chev. [family SAPOTACEAE ]
Related name
  • Sideroxylon gabonense
  • Hormogyne gabonensis
  • Aningeria altissima
  • Pouteria altissima
  • Hormogyne altissima

Flora

Entry for Aningeria altissima (A. Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr [family SAPOTACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Aningeria altissima (A. Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr [family SAPOTACEAE], . l.c. 796; Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 1, 3: 111; ed. 2, 3: 136, t. 300, fig. 1-4, under "Aningueria"; Fl. For. Soud.-Guin. 429.
Hormogyne altissima A. Chev. [family SAPOTACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Bot. Fr. 2, 8: 265 (1917).
Sideroxylon altissimum (A. Chev.) Hutch. & Dalz. [family SAPOTACEAE], F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 12 (1931); Kew Bull. 1937: 59.
Hormogyne gabonensis A. Chev. [family SAPOTACEAE], l.c. 267 (1917).
Sideroxylon gabonense (A. Chev.) Lecomte ex Pellegr. [family SAPOTACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Linn. Normandie, n. sér. 1: 16 (1928).
Pouteria altissima (A. Chev.) Baehni [family SAPOTACEAE], in Candollea 9: 292 (1942)
Information
Tallforesttree up to 120 ft.high with straight bole; flowers creamy-white.
Habitat
forest
Range
Extends to Congo, E. Africa, Ethiopia and Sudan.
Distribution
Guin.: Kaba Chev. 13129! 13141!S. L.: Loma Mts.Iv. C.: Abidjan (Feb.)Ghana: Abetifi, Kwahu (Mar.) Johnson 624! Brent 543! L. Bosumtwi (Dec.)N. Nig.: Zaria Lamb FHI 3215! Esie, Ilorin Dist. (Jan.) Latilo FHI 18225![Br.] Cam.: Mildbr. 10! Bamenda, 5,000 ft. Johnstone 265/32! Kennedy 2161!

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