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Ouratea schoenleiniana

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Identification
Ouratea schoenleiniana (Klotzsch) Gilg [family OCHNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ouratea schoenleiniana
Common name
  • bésséladédié (B&D) (IVORY COAST, ABURE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • mébébi (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • dombe (NWT) gч̃nhi (FCD) momo (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nduεngi (NWT) nyake (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

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Entry for Ouratea schoenleiniana (Klotzsch) Gilg [family OCHNACEAE]
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 4
Names
Ouratea schoenleiniana (Klotzsch) Gilg [family OCHNACEAE]
Common names
SIERRA LEONE: LOKO nduεngi (NWT) nyake (NWT) MENDE dombe (NWT) gч̃nhi (FCD) momo (NWT) IVORY COAST: ABURE bésséladédié (B&D) AKYE mébébi (Aub.)
Uses
(root-bark) Medicines: laxatives, etc. Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended
Description
A slender scrambling shrub to 8 m high; of undergrowth in evergreen forest; Guinea to Ghana.The plant is decorative with terminal racemes of bright yellow flowers, calyx turning red in fruit.In Ivory Coast a decoction of the root-bark is taken in very sma
References
Reference:1. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 129.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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