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Identification
Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. [family LECYTHIDACEAE ]
Related name
  • Napoleonaea vogelii
Common name
  • wedi-kwa-dro (C) wedi-quah-dro (C&R) wedi-wa-doon (C; C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • gσhema (def. -ei) (JMD) golohema (DS) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • djidji (A.Chev.; Aub.) gaigai (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • an-fεŋfεŋ (JMD) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • ngoroga (S&F) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • tèkpi (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

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Entry for Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. [family LECYTHIDACEAE]
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
Napoleona leonensis Hutch. & Dalz. [family LECYTHIDACEAE]
Napoleona parviflora Bak.f. [family LECYTHIDACEAE]
Napoleonaea vogelii Hook. & Planch. [family LECYTHIDACEAE]
Common names
SIERRA LEONE: LOKO ngoroga (S&F) MENDE gσhema (def. -ei) (JMD) golohema (DS) TEMNE an-fεŋfεŋ (JMD) LIBERIA: KRU-BASA wedi-kwa-dro (C) wedi-quah-dro (C&R) wedi-wa-doon (C; C&R) IVORY COAST: ABE djidji (A.Chev.; Aub.) gaigai (Aub.) AKYE tèkpi
Uses
(fruit-pulp) Food: general (bark) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (bark) Food: masticatory (leaf) Drink: alcoholic, stimulant (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (bark) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (fruit-pulp) Medicines: stomach troubles Medicines: diarrhoea, dysentery Medicines: venereal diseases (root) Medicines: fabrifuges Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (leaf) Medicines: paralysis, epilepsy, convulsions, spasm (leaf, twig, bark) Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids (leaf) Phytochemistry: tannins, astringents Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Products: fuel and lighting Products: household, domestic and personal items (twig) Products: chew-sticks, etc.
Description
A shrub or tree to 16 m high, low-branching and dense crown, of the understorey of riverain and coastal closed-forest from Guinea to S Nigeria.The tree bears attractive white (4) to pale reddish (18) flowers, and is potentially ornamental.The timber is ye
References
References:1. Adegoke & al., 1968. 2. Adjanohoun & Aké Assi, 1972: 161, as N. leonensis Hutch. & Dalz. 3. Ainslie, 1937: sp. no. 241. 4. Aubréville, 1959: 3: 47, as N. leonensis Hutch. & Dalz. 5. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 99. 6. idem, 1974: 99, as N. leonen
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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