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Pygeum africanum

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Name

Identification
Pygeum africanum Hook.f. [family ROSACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Pygeum africanum
Common name
  • red stinkwood, bitter almond (E Africa, south central Africa)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • alumty (JMD) (WEST CAMEROONS, BAMILEKE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Flora

Entry for PYGEUM africanum Hook. f. [family ROSACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 364, (1871) Author: (By Mr. J. G. Baker.)
Names
PYGEUM africanum Hook. f. [family ROSACEAE], in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot. vii. 191.
Information
Tree of 30 ft. or more; extremities, leaves and peduncles wholly glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong acute or shortly subacutely or obtusely acuminate, base rounded or broadly cuneate, crenate-serrate or subentire, thinly coriaceous, 3–5 in. long, 1 1/2–2 in. broad; petiole 1/2– 2/3 in. Flowers in simple solitary or fascicled racemes, 2 in. long or shorter, from the lower scale-axils of the shoots. Calyx turbinate-campanulate, with 5 short deltoid teeth. Petals very small, obovate, especially towards the margin softly hairy. Style short. Fruit dry, depressed-globose or transversely ellipsoidal, 4–5 lines in diameter.
Distribution
Angola Lower Guinea Pungo Andongo, 2400–3800 ft., Dr. Welwitsch!Mozamb. Dist. Foot of Mount Tschiradzura, 3000 ft., and near Mungazi (leaves nearly entire), Dr. Kirk!Upper Guinea Camaroons mountain, 7000–7500 ft., Mann!

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