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Macrolobium macrophyllum

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Name

Identification
Macrolobium macrophyllum Macbride. [family CAESALPINIACEAE ] (stored under name); null
Related name
  • Vouapa macrophylla
  • Anthonotha trunciflora
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  • Macrolobium macrophyllum
  • Macrolobium trunciflorum
  • Macrolobium unrecorded
  • Anthonotha completap
  • Anthonotha macrophylla
  • Anthonotha unrecorded
  • Macrolobium palisoti
Common name
  • bumbusε (S&F) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • mbumbi (FCD; S&F) ngiyawi (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kpani (FCD) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), GOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • furmu (CHOP) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • palissandre d’Afrique (African rosewood); réré à longs fruits (réré, from Abe, Ivory Coast, with the long fruits, Aubréville)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kuhbσgσ (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • m-bombi (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • kpεndio (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • fal (SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.), MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Information

Entry for Anthonotha macrophylla P Beauv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
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 3
Names
Macrolobium heudelotii Planch. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Macrolobium macrophyllum Macbride [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Anthonotha macrophylla P Beauv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
French palissandre d’Afrique (African rosewood); réré à longs fruits (réré, from Abe, Ivory Coast, with the long fruits, Aubréville). GUINEA: MANDING-MANINKA furmu (CHOP) SIERRA LEONE ? furudugu (Smythe, K.): GOLA kpani (FCD) KISSI kpεndio (FCD; S&F) KONO mbumbi (FCD; S&F) ngiyawi (JMD) KORANKO bumbusε (S&F) LIMBA kuhbσgσ (NWT) LOKO m-bombi (FCD; S&F) MANDING-MANDINKA fal
Uses
(seed) Food: general (gum, bark) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (bark, root) Medicines: "intestines" (leaf) Medicines: diarrhoea, dysentery (bark) Medicines: vermifuges (bark) Medicines: venereal diseases (leaf) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (branch) Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: weeds, parasites (seed-pod) Agri-horticulture: composting, manuring (seed-pod) Agri-horticulture: indicators (weather, season, time) (pole) Products: building materials (twig) Products: withies and twigs (leaf) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (saplwood) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (timber) Products: carpentry and related applications (timber) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: fuel and lighting (seed) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
french: Réré à longs fruitsfrench: Palissandre d’Afrique
Description
A medium-sized tree to 20 m high, bole seldom reaching 50 cm diameter, often multi-stemmed and low-forked bearing a wide-spreading crown, common in the under storey of the rain-forest from Guinea to W Cameroons and Fernando Po, and extending to Zaïre and
References
References:1. Anon., s.d.,a. 2. Bosch 1976, K. 3. Bouquet, 1969: 81. 4. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 55. 5. Brenan 9121, K. 6. Carpenter AJC 435 (UIH 2043), UCI. 7. Cole 180, K. 8. Cooper 225, K. 9. Cooper & Record, 1931: 68–69, as Macrolobium macrophyllum Mac
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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