Nothospondias talbotiiS. Moore [family SIMAROUBACEAE], (1913).
Information
Anunderstoreyforesttree, to 80 ft. high with spreading crown whose branches become more or less erect and bear at their tops whorls of large leaves; fruits yellow when ripe, plum-like, ovoid-ellipsoid, 4·5 cm. long and 3 cm. broad in Cameroons, but only 2 cm. long and 1·5 cm. broad in Gambari Group F.R., western Nigeria
Habitat
understorey ~ forest
Distribution
S.Nig.: Gambari Group F. R., (fr. Feb. Apr.) Keay FHI 22811! Jones 8 Keay FHI 4898! Oban Talbot 230!Br.Cam.: Ambas Bay (Dec.) Mann 2148! Victoria (fr. Apr.) Maitland 073! Elephant Lake, Kumba (Nov.) Staudt 746!