bai sa bls (Har.) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2
Flora
Entry for ONCOBA brachyanthera Oliv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 1, page 112, (1868) Author: (by Prof. Oliver).
Names
ONCOBA brachyantheraOliv. [family FLACOURTIACEAE]
Information
Shrub, with the young shoots and leaves more or less hairy, armed with short, slightly curved spines. Bark minutely warted with pale lenticels. Leaves rather coriaceous, more or less elliptical, sometimes ovate or obovate, shortly acuminate, crenate-serrate, shortly stalked, 2–3 in. long, 1 1/4–1 3/4 in. broad; secondary nerves prominent on the under side of the older leaves, which become at length nearly or quite glabrous. Flowers about 2 in. across, terminal or upon short lateral shoots. Calyx at length falling away. Anthers oblong, very short, not more than twice as long as broad, cordate-based, obtuse, without a tip. Stigma with about 6 radiate, broadly capitate, distinct lobes. Fruit globose, about 1 1/2–2 in. diam., smooth with a hard shell.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Found on the site of an old town on the river Bagroo, Mann!
