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Polyalthia oliveri

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Identification
Greenwayodendron suaveolens (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. [family ANNONACEAE ] (stored under name); Polyalthia suaveolens Pellegr. ex Le Thomas [family ANNONACEAE ] Polyalthia oliveri Pellegr. [family ANNONACEAE ]
Related name
  • Polyalthia acuminata
  • Greenwayodendron oliveri
  • Polyalthia oliveri
  • Polyalthia suaveolens
  • Greenwayodendron suaveolens
Common name
  • duabiri (DF) dubiri (DF) (GHANA, VULGAR), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • dambrohia (Aub.) mfainhiabro (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • puluhé (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KRU-GUERE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • duabiri = black tree; from the colour of the twigs (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • fakaiwulo (def.-wuli) (S&F) gbelo, kpelo (def.-i) (auctt.) gbelo-hina (def.-hinei) (SKS) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • pe-ohn (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • baué fu (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • beyiŋgi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for GREENWAYODENDRON suaveolens Verdc. subsp. usambaricum [family ANNONACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1971) Author: B. Verdcourt
Names
GREENWAYODENDRON suaveolens Verdc. subsp. usambaricum [family ANNONACEAE], in Adansonia, sér. 2, 9: 91 (1969). Type: Tanganyika, E. Usambara Mts., Kwamkoro to Potwe, Greenway 4810 (K, holo.!, EA, iso.!)
Polyalthia oliveri [family ANNONACEAE], sensu Engl. & Diels in E.M. 6: 42 (1901), pro parte quoad Scheffler 74; T.T.C.L.: 43 (1949), non Engl.]
Information
Young shoots very sparsely adpressed pubescent or glabrescent. Petals 6 mm. long. Carpels and stigmas pubescent or densely hairy. Fig. 16/2–10.
Range
DISTR. T3 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
900–960 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Lushoto District Amani, 18 Dec. 1928, Greenway 1053! & Kwamkoro to Sangerawe, 27 Dec. 1916, Zimmermann ! & Amani West Forest Reserve, 21 Dec. 1958, Semsei 2834 ! & Kwamkoro, 16 Dec. 1959, Semsei 2960 !
Notes
This has always been considered to be the same as the West African G. oliveri (Engl.) Verdc. but that has much smaller monocarps and seeds, the latter not being deeply grooved, also glabrescent carpels. It comes much nearer to G. suaveolens (Engl. & Diels) Verdc. and must be considered a subspecies of that. Some Congo specimens are scarcely distinct, but I have hesitated to unite the two, there being a distinct “look” about the foliage of the geographically very isolated Usambara population.

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