Irvingia barteriHook.f. [family ARALIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bräuchler, C., 2012
Related name
Mangifera gabonensis
Irvingia tenuifolia
Irvingia gabonensis
Desbordesia soyauxi
Irvingia pauciflora
Irvingia wombolu
Irvingia wombulu
Irvingia caerulea
Desbordesia glaucescens
Irvingia barteri
Irvingia hookeriana
Ochna affinis
Flora
Entry for IRVINGIA Barteri Var. tenuifolia [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 308, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
IRVINGIA Barteri Var. tenuifolia [family ]
IRVINGIA tenuifoliaHook. f. [family ], l. c.
Information
Leaves thinly coriaceous or submembranous, broadly elliptical or obovate-elliptical, obtuse or shortly and broadly apiculate.
Distribution
Abbeokuta Irving!
Notes
Barter calls this the “Wild Mango” of the “Sierra Leone people.” I have not seen specimens from Sierra Leone. In the var. tenuifolia the style in uninjured flowers is slender and elongate as in the type.
