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Quassia grandifolia

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Name

Identification
Quassia grandifolia (Engl.) Nooteboom [family SIMAROUBACEAE ] (stored under name); Pierreodendron grandifolium Engl. [family SIMAROUBACEAE ]
Related name
  • Mannia africana
  • Pierreodendron grandifolium
  • Quassia grandifolia
  • Pierreodendron africanum
Common name
  • dianangbué (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • so (GHANA, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • soitbìa (A Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, NZEMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • bomoku (A Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, ANYI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • akodo (A Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, ABURE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • blénodiro (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • haté (A Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • soitbia (A Chev. fide JMD) (IVORY COAST, AKAN-FANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Information

Entry for Quassia grandifolia (Engl.) Nooteboom [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
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 5
Names
Mannia africana Hook.f. [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Pierreodendron africanum (Hook.f.) Little [family ]
Pierreodendron kerstingii (Engl.) Little [family ]
Quassia grandifolia (Engl.) Nooteboom [family SIMAROUBACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST: ABE blénodiro (Aub.) ABURE akodo (A Chev. fide JMD) AKAN-FANTE soitbia (A Chev. fide JMD) AKYE haté (A Chev. fide JMD) ANYI bomoku (A Chev. fide JMD) KYAMA dianangbué (Aub.) NZEMA soitbìa (A Chev. fide JMD) GHANA: AKAN-FANTE so
Uses
(stem, root) Medicines: menstrual cycle (fruit, seed) Phytochemistry: rodenticides, mammal and bird poisons
Description
A tree to 28 m. high, of straggling habit, bole long and clear, to 60 cm diameter; a variable species, of riverain high-forest, or secondary jungle; in Ivory Coast to S Nigeria, and on to Zaïre and Angola.The wood is a clear pale yellow, and soft and fine
References
References:1. Aubréville, 1959: 2. 130, as Mannia simarubopsis Pellegr. 2. Claude & al., 1947: 145–74, as Mannia africana. 3. Dalziel, 1937: 314, as Mannia africana Hook, f. 4. Irvine. 1961: 505–6, as Pierreodendron kerstingii (Engl.) Little. 5. King 276,
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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