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Morus excelsa

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Identification
Isotype of Morus excelsa Welw. [family MORACEAE ] Verified by Berg, C.C., Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth.&Hook.f. [family MORACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Milicia excelsa
  • Morus excelsa
  • Chlorophora excelsa

Flora

Entry for Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. [family MORACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Chlorophora excelsa (Welw.) Benth. [family MORACEAE], Gen. Pl. 3: 363 (1880); F.T.A. 6, 2: 22 (excl. Dalz. 966); Aubrév. in Rev. Bot. Appliq. 19: 245–250, t. 3, 8–15; Fl. For. C. Iv. 1: 34–38, t. 4, 8–15; Eggeling & Harris in For. Trees & Timbers Brit. Emp. 4: 83, fig. 13 (excl. female shoot), t. 13. Hauman Fl. Congo Belge 1: 56.
Morus excelsa Welw. [family MORACEAE], (1869)
Chlorophora alba A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], (1912)
Antiaris kerstingii [family MORACEAE], of ChevBot606, partly (22485)
Chlorophora regia A. Chev. [family MORACEAE], , partly (specex Dah.).
Information
A largeforesttree, to 160 ft. high, with bole up to 75 ft. or more, shortly buttressed, smooth bark becoming brown and scaling, slash with whitish latex; dioecious.
Habitat
forest
Distribution
Iv.C.: Sassandra Port Chev. 17942!G.C.: Kwahu Hills (Mar.) Johnson 910! Kwaben (Feb.) Burnett 52! Bobiri F.R. (Mar.) Andoh FH 4970!Togo: Bismarckburg Büttner 697.Dah.: Abomey (Feb.) Chev. 23169! Kouandé Chev. 24236!N.Nig.: Agaie (Feb.) Yates 20! 20a!S.Nig.: Lagos Moloney! Ijaiye Barter 3330! Gambari Group F.R. (Mar.) W. D. MacGregor 62! 572! Punch 103!Br.Cam.: Ambas Bay (Jan.) Mann 705!F.Po: fide G. Taylor.
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Gabon
Belgian
Congo
A.-E. Sudan
E. Africa
Mozambique
Angola
S.
Tomé

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