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Identification
Isotype of Mareya spicata Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Mareya micrantha Mull.Arg. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leonard J., 1995
Related name
  • Mareya micrantha
  • Mareya spicata
  • Acalypha leonensis
  • Grossera vignei
  • Mareya leonensis
Common name
  • tiamui (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), KRU-BETE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bogbo (K&B; B&D) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), GUERE (Chiehn)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • chaw (C&R) chew (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • giribε (NWT) mačonj˚σ (NWT) ngalamum (NWT) ŋwaŋwa (FCD); ŋwa: bitter (S&F) walewale (NWT) wσŋwa (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • εkbσgσbagawandi (NWT) kukbσgo (NWT) kukpσbo (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LIMBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • maŋwa (NWT) ndewe (NWT) ŋwaŋwa (def. -i) = bitter-bitter; from ŋwa: bitter (auctt.) wakwe (JMD) wãnwã (Fisher) waŋwei (NWT) wongwai (Aylmer) wonwai (JMD) wua wua (DS) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nguangua (C&R) (LIBERIA, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • an-gbeseŋ (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • wana (Har.; JMD) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • oya (Aub. ex K&B) oyia (Aub.) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • tiému (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), GREBO (Nyabo)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • uhosa (Ross; KO&S) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • warε-warε (S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, KORANKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • du frafo = itis poisonous (K&B) nofé (B&D) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ‘number one’ (Sierra Leone: Dalziel, Smythe; Fernando Po: Daniell)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • odubrafo from odu(-ru): medicine; (σ)brafo: executioner; alluding to its poisonous properties (FRI; A&E) (GHANA, FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bodiè (B&D) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), BAULE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ado bla fo = to do wrong to a woman (Visser) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), ‘ANDO’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • guala (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), GAGU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • trahain (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), ‘KRU’), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • lamba (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • odubrafo from odu(-ru): medicine; (σ)brafo: executioner; alluding to its poisonous properties (FRI; E&A) (GHANA, WASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • gba-gba (A. Chev.; K) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ŋσnaŋgσna (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, KONO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • ŋwaŋwa-lε from ŋwa: bitter (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • odubrafo from odu(-ru): medicine; (σ)brafo: executioner; alluding to its poisonous properties (auctt.) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • bagba (K&B) essan (K&B) pété péré (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • sanbra dikra (B&D) siambralapa (B&D) simbla hakana iri (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), KWENI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • oke-owuma from oke: male (Tuley) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • nσmba-wan i.e., number one; a corruption of ŋwaŋwa (Mende) (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, KRIO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • barambaramyi (NWT) buisigbuisigbwe (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • enanta (auctt.) odubrafo from odu(-ru): medicine; (σ)brafo: executioner; alluding to its poisonous properties (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
  • tehin (K&B) (IVORY COAST ? koékpagni (A&AA), GUERE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for MAREYA spicata Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 6, Part 1, page 441, (1913) Author: (By J. G. Baker, with additions by C. H. Wright.)
Names
MAREYA spicata Baill. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], Adansonia, i. 74. —Benth. in Hook. Ic. Pl. sub t. 1281.
MAREYA micrantha Pax [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in De Wild. & Durand, Contrib. Fl. Congo, i. 51, and Reliq. Dewevr. ii. 213; Th. & Hél. Durand, Syll. Fl. Congol. 494, partly, excl. the Lusambo specimens.
MAREYA micrantha Müll. Arg. var. leonensis [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in DC. Prodr. xv. ii. 792.
MAREYA micrantha Beille var. nitida [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, lv. Mém. viii. 82.
Acalypha leonensis Benth. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], in Hook. Niger Fl. 504.
Information
Tree, monœcious, reaching 50 ft. in height; twigs pubescent. Leaves petioled, moderately firm, obovate-lanceolate, shortly and rather obtusely acuminate, slightly to coarsely toothed upwards, entire and narrowed from beyond the middle to the narrowly cuneate base, 4–8 in. long, 1 1/2–3 in. wide, glabrous or with only the midrib slightly pubescent above, often with rather stiff spreading hairs on the nerves beneath; petiole finely pubescent, 1/2–1 in. long; stipules short, triangular, pubescent, deciduous. Spikes numerous, rather stiff, about as long as the leaves; rhachis densely pubescent. Male flowers fragrant, in sessile clusters; bracts ovate, minute. Buds globose, 3/4 lin. wide; calyx-segments white, very obtuse. Stamens as long as the calyx-lobes. Female flowers in the lower nodes, usually solitary, sometimes accompanied by 2 or more males. Capsule depressed; cocci 3, subglobose, purplish-brown, 4 lin. wide.
Distribution
Congo South Central Aruwimi district; Okanga, Dewèvre, 1098! Lokandu, Dewèvre, 1121A! 1122! Eastern Prov.; Rewa, Dewèvre, 1140A! and without precise locality, Dewèvre, 1030!Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot, 752!French Guinea Upper Guinea Konakry, Chevalier, 12165! Maclaud, 170! Dybowski! Fouta Jalon; between Ymbo and Kouria, Caille (Chevalier, 14791)! Kouria; near Bowali, Caille (Chevalier, 14936)!Sierra Leone Upper Guinea various localities, common, Scott-Elliot, 4158! 4697! 5055! Afzelius! Don! Barter! Vogel, 137! Winwood-Reade! Smythe!Liberia Upper Guinea Grand Bassa, Dinklage, 1848! 1901! near Kakatown, Whyte!Gold Coast Upper Guinea Koforidua, Johnson, 447!Cameroons Upper Guinea Victoria, 500 ft., Preuss, 1319!Fernando Po Upper Guinea Goderich Bay, Daniell!

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