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Identification
Landolphia owariensis P.Beauv. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Landolphia owariensis
Common name
  • mantamba (MP) (GUINEA, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • menta (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, MANDYAK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fσre (JMD) fure (JMD) yuré (GFSE) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pompune (GHANA, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kiakia (FRI) (GHANA, ADANGME-KROBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • énwàη˚à, énwâη˚ (KW) (NIGERIA, IBIBIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fole de elephante = elephant’s stomach (GeS; JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, CRIOULO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • boé-ka (Schumann) (TOGO, GBE-AJA (Sikpi)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • cabádjuó (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • faya (FRI) (GHANA, ANYI-AOWIN), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • abσeka (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọtuokpo (JMD) (NIGERIA, DEGEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • the plant — white rubber vine; the rubber — white ball rubber; Accra niggers, Addah niggers, Krepi ball (Ghana, Irvine)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọ̀kpộ = rubber vine (RFGA, Lowe) ọ̀kpộ-eη˚waη˚a (Winston) (NIGERIA, EFIK), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • amanε the rubber (FRI) (GHANA, AHANTA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • an-boi (JMD; MP) an-lel-boi (JMD; MP) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bεnσombe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MANDING-MANINKA (Koranko)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • lepapa (Gruner) (TOGO, AVATIME), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dindji (JMD; MP) (GUINEA, SONGHAI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • hole (Boboh) jεŋjεŋ the latex or rubber (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Pecí) abne (FRI) engye (JMD; MP) fuka (FRI) hevengye (FRI) (GHANA, VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Guinea-Bissau) lamúdè (JDES) lamúquè (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, FULA-PULAAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • poré = rubber (JMD; MP) poré-bété (MP) poré-mulutigué (CHOP) (GUINEA, FULA-PULAAR (Guinea)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ḿníngyēm’ general for ‘rubber’ (JMD) (NIGERIA, TIV), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fore (Bouery) (GUINEA, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ciiwóó (LB) cìwoó (ZOG) danko (Lamb) hánjín raàkúmií (ZOG) jan danko a red cluster rubber (JMD; Yates) opopoi (Yates) oùwoó (ZOG) ubaghi a variety (JMD) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ùbó-amiọ́ghọ (auctt.) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • tugue (MP) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • engye (JMD; MP) (GHANA, VHE (Awlan)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dìnáká the plant (LB) eyέ the fruit (LB) (NIGERIA, BEROM), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pakogi (Yates) (NIGERIA, NUPE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • alabσntσle from Twi (FRI) kiakia (auctt.) (GHANA, GA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ìbò (JMD) ìbò tabon(g) the plant (EWF; JMD) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • cabajugo the ‘caba’ tree (DF) kaba (Fox) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • abσntσre (auctt.) agyamaa (JMD; MP) agyamaa (FRI) akσntσma (Bunting) aman = rubber (Enti) nkσntσma (auctt.) obσwe (auctt.) pempene (JHH, ex FRI) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kwantama (FRI) (GHANA, WASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • agyaama (Enti) agyaamaa (Enti) aman agyaamaa (Enti) a-gyama(a) (auctt.) homa-funtun = rubber vine, general for such lactiferous plants (JMD; MP) o-pawya (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • arobo a varietal name (Elliott) ati fufu (Elliott) (NIGERIA, BASSA (Kwomu)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọtọ-frifredi (JHH) ụ̀tụ̀ (JMD) ụ̀tụ̀ ísí ényī (JMD) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • abŏeka (Gruner) a-ngeka (Gruner) (TOGO, VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • poré (Conteh) (SIERRA LEONE, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ésó = rubber; a general term (JMD; MP) ubaghi (JMD) ube general for several spp. (JMD; MP) (NIGERIA, IGBO (Asaba)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • énwàη˚ (KW) okpo-énwàη˚ general for several spp. (JMD) (NIGERIA, ANAANG), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bumbari (Jolly) bumboni (Jolly) bumbui (Jolly) léthiéthié (Jolly) muné-muné (Jolly) (IVORY COAST, ADYUKRU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for LANDOLPHIA owariensis P. Beauv. [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (2002) Author: E.A. OMINO
Names
LANDOLPHIA owariensis P. Beauv. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Fl. Owar. 1, 6: 55 (1804); T.T.C.L.: 52 (1949); Pichon in Mém. I.F.A.N. 35: 53 (1953) pro parte; Huber in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 55, t. 213 (1963); Kupicha in F.Z. 7, 2: 412 (1985); van Dilst in Wageningen Agric. Univ. Pap. 92, 2: 153, t. 32 & 33 (1992). Type: Nigeria, Bendel State, Warri, Palisot de Beauvois s.n. (G, holo.)
Pacouria owariensis (P. Beauv.) Hiern [family APOCYNACEAE], in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw.1: 661 (1898)
Landolphia gentilii De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], Obs. Apoc. Latex Rec. Gentil: 10 (1901). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), between Tumba and Leopold II Lakes, Gentil 1 (BR, holo.)
Landolphia owariensis Stapf var. tomentella [family APOCYNACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 1: 51 (1902). Type: Sudan, Djur land, Zeriba Ghattas, Schweinfurth 1377 (B†, holo., K, lecto., P, S, WU, iso., chosen by Persoon)
Landolphia stolzii Busse [family APOCYNACEAE], in E.J. 32: 168 (1902); T.T.C.L.: 52 (1949). Type: Tanzania, Rungwe District, Kondeland, Stolz 94 (K!, lecto., A, E, P, isolecto.)
Landolphia droogmansiana De Wild. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Lianes Caoutch. Et. Ind. Congo: 59 (1904). Type: Congo (Kinshasa), Kandakanda, Gentil 63 (BR, holo.)
Landolphia turbinata A.Chev. [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.53: 32 (1906). Type: Uganda, Masaka District, Dumu Forest, Dawe 47 pro parte (K!, holo.); the other part is L. dawei which is a synonym of L. landolphioides
Landolphia subturbinata Dawe [family APOCYNACEAE], in Rep. Bot. Miss. Uganda Protect.: 50 (1906). Type: as for L. turbinata
Landolphia kirkii (P. Beauv.) H. Durand var. owariensis [family APOCYNACEAE], in B.J.B.B. 2: 696 (1910)
Landolphia owariensis (De Wild.) A.Chev. var. gentilii [family APOCYNACEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 28: 397 (1948)
Landolphia owariensis (De Wild.) A.Chev. var. droogmansiana [family APOCYNACEAE], in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 28: 397 (1948)
Information
Liana up to 100 m long, less often a shrub up to 3 m high; trunk up to 40 cm in diameter; bark grey-brown, rough, smooth or fissured, with or without protuding lenticels; branchlets brown pubescent, sometimes glabrous. Leaves petiolate, blade ovate or obovate to narrowly oblong, 2.1–16(–28) cm long, 1.1–6 cm wide, acuminate to obtuse at the apex, cuneate to rounded at the base, glabrous to puberulous on both sides, always pubescent to puberulous on midrib and secondary veins; petiole 1–12 mm long, pubescent, sometimes glabrous. Inflorescence terminal or on tendrils, in many-flowered lax to congested cymes; peduncle 0–15 cm long, pubescent, sometimes glabrous; pedicels 0.5–2.8 mm long. Flowers fragrant; sepals appearing red due to pubescence outside, ovate to oblong, 1.2–4 mm long, 1.5–3.2 mm wide, ciliate; corolla white or creamy, rarely yellow, turning pink to red after anthesis; tube urceolate to almost cylindrical, 6–9.9 mm long, variably puberulous outside; lobes oblong, 1.7–9.9 mm long, 1–3.2 mm wide, auriculate at the right side; stamens included for 0.3–2 mm, inserted 3–6.3 mm above the corolla base; ovary with a pubescent to lanate belt 0.4–1.1 mm at the retuse apex. Fruit yellow-orange or purple-blue, globose to broadly ovoid, 2.2–15 cm long, 1.8–15 cm in diameter, smooth or rough, sclerified, often lenticellate, pulp white or yellow sometimes orange tinged, many-seeded; fruit pericarp 0.2–15 mm thick; seeds brown to red brown, up to 18 mm long. Fig. 6 (p. 23). 
Range
DISTR. U 2, 4; T 4, 7
Altitude range
800–1550 m
Distribution
TANZANIA Buha District Kakondo, Tanner 6010;TANZANIA Kigoma District Kasakati, Suzuki 292;TANZANIA Rungwe District Kyimbila, Beth Langern Mt, Mar. 1908, Stolz 7719!UGANDA Bunyoro District Budongo Forest, Synnott 510;UGANDA Masaka District Bugala, Sese Is., 1 Feb. 1934, Thomas 1223! & Mugaye, Sese Is., 4 Dec. 1942, Thomas 4100!
Distribution (external)
; Senegal
Mali
Guinee Bissau
Guinea
Sierra Leone
Liberia
Ivory Coast
Ghana
Togo
Benin
Nigeria
Chad
Cameroon
Gabon
Congo (Brazzaville)
Central African Republic
Congo (Kinshasa)
Rwanda
Burundi
Sudan
Angola
Zambia
Malawi
Notes
USES. Latex used for inferior quality rubber; fruit edible. For a full synonymy see Persoon, 1992.The indumentum of the flowers is very variable even within a single inflorescence. The corolla lobes vary from being narrow to broad and from long to short, even within a single flower. The type specimen has calyces ranging from glabrous to densely hairy.

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