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Ouratea calantha

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Name

Identification
Ouratea calantha Gilg. [family OCHNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Emwiogbon, J.A, 1953
Related name
  • Ouratea reticulata
  • Campylospermum calanthum
  • Monelasmum zenkeri
  • Ouratea calantha
  • Campylospermum dybovskii
Common name
  • okoribobodo (KO&S) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for Ouratea calantha Gilg [family OCHNACEAE]
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 1,
Names
Ouratea calantha Gilg [family OCHNACEAE], l.c. 259 (1903).
Ouratea vogelii [family OCHNACEAE], of F.T.A1: 321, partly
Monelasmum zenkeri Van Tiegh. [family ], , not Ouratea zenkeri, Engl.
Information
Shrub, to 20 ft. high; petals yellow; sepals yellow at first, then brilliant red and fleshy In fruit; in swamp forest by rivers.
Habitat
; in swamp forest by rivers.
Distribution
S. Nig. Okomu F.R. (Feb.) Brenan 9187! Sapoba (fl. June, fr. Nov.) Kennedy 2823! Meikle 8 Keay 550! Asaba Leslie 31! Brass Barter 1832!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons

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