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Pentadesma leucantha

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Pentadesma leucantha A.Chev. [family CLUSIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Pentadesma butyracea Sabine [family CLUSIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pentadesma butyracea
  • Pentadesma leucantha

Flora

Entry for Pentadesma butyracea Sabine [family GUTTIFERAE]
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
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine [family GUTTIFERAE], —F.T.A. 1: 164; Chev. Bot. 52; Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv. 2: 282, t. 237.
Pentadesma leucantha A. Chev. [family GUTTIFERAE], Vég. Util. 5: 166 (1909); ChevBot52
Pentadesma nigritiana Bak. f. [family GUTTIFERAE], in CatTalb7 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 235
Pentadesma grandifolia Bak. f. [family GUTTIFERAE], l.c8 (1913); F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 235
Pentadesma kerstingii Engl. [family GUTTIFERAE], BotJahrb55: 396 (1919); ChevBot52.
Information
Foresttree, to 75 ft. high; flowers white, cream or greenish-white. [N.B.—there is no evidence of their ever being red as stated in ed. 1]; sepals persistent at the base of the fruit; seeds 3–10 embedded in a yellowish pulp. The yellow latex from the incised bark dries like gamboge.
Habitat
Forest
Distribution
Fr. G. Conakry (cult.) Farmar 316! Nzérékoré (Oct.) Baldwin 9698! Kindia Chev. 13102.S. L. Cole! Freetown Don! Rotomba Isl. (fr. Mar.) Kirk 14! Fulawun (Apr.) Deighton 1629! Njala (Sept.) Small 194!Lib. Dukwia R. (fl. Feb., fr. Oct.) Cooper 80! 273! 379! Tappita (Aug.) Baldwin 9068!Iv. C. Aboisso (Aug.) Chev. 16290!G. C. Suku Suku (Oct.) Brent 5! Simpa Andoh FH 3256!Togo Sokodé (Mar., Oct.) Kersting 15; 452. Atakpame (fr. May) Doering 238.Dah. Atacora Mts. Chev. 24169!N. Nig. Agaie (Oct.) Yates!S. Nig. Lagos Millen 113! Eba (Oct.) Sankey! Nun R. (fl. 8 fr. Sept.) Mann 483! Oban Talbot 1742!Br. Cam. Malende (Apr.) Ejiofor FHI 29364! (See Appendix, p. 93.).
Notes
Other species are recorded from the French Cameroons, Gabon and Belgian Congo, but some at least of them are probably not distinct from P. butyracea Sabine.

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