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Keetia leucantha

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Identification
Keetia leucantha (K.Krause) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Bridson,D., Canthium hispidum Benth. [family RUBIACEAE ]
Related name
  • Canthium hispidum
  • Plectronia leucantha
  • Plectronia hispida
  • Keetia leucantha
Common name
  • bùjé-arúgbo = ‘buje’ [Rothmannia] (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • wro-doo from wro: a poisonous, stinging scorpion, or insect (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • xambe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • keduele (Catterall fide JMD) (NIGERIA, BOKYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • homa-ben (BD&H; FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Keetia leucantha (K Krause) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
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 4
Names
Keetia leucantha (K Krause) Bridson [family RUBIACEAE]
Canthium hispidum Benth., in major part. [family RUBIACEAE]
Canthium hispidum Benth. [family RUBIACEAE]
Common names
SIERRA LEONE: SUSU xambe (NWT) LIBERIA: KRU-BASA wro-doo from wro: a poisonous, stinging scorpion, or insect (C&R) GHANA: AKAN-ASANTE homa-ben (BD&H; FRI) NIGERIA: BOKYI keduele (Catterall fide JMD) YORUBA bùjé-arúgbo = ‘buje’ [Rothmannia]
Uses
(leaf-sap) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (bark, leaf-sap) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) Agri-horticulture: bee/honey plants, insect plants (?) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants
Description
A scrambling shrub; of the forest; in Sierra Leone to S Nigeria, on into Gabon.The plant is myremecodomous, harbouring ants in internodal cavities of the stem (1, 2). In Liberia its Basa name is derived from an insect with a poisonous sting known as wro.
References
References:1. Binuyo & Daramola FHI .35533, K. 2. Bos 5710, K. 3. Cooper 309, K. 4. Cooper & Record, 1931: 109, as Canthium hispidum Benth. 5. Dalziel, 1937: 393, as C. hispidum Benth. 6. Irvine, 1961: 660, as C. hispidum Benth. 7. Portères, s.d. as C. hi
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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