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Rinorea welwitschii

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Name

Identification
Rinorea mongalaensis De Wild. [family VIOLACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Rinorea welwitschii (Oliv.) Kuntze [family VIOLACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Rinorea thonneri
  • Rinorea longicuspis
  • Rinorea dupuisii
  • Alsodeia brachypetala
  • Rinorea mongalaensis
  • Rinorea djalonensis
  • Rinorea banguensis
  • Rinorea kerkhovenii
  • Rinorea cf. welwitschii
  • Rinorea variifolia
  • Rinorea
  • Rinorea elliotii
  • Rinorea welwitschii
  • Rinorea hirtella
  • Alsodeia longicuspis
  • Rinorea glaucophylla
Common name
  • mpawu (FRI) mpeoro (BD&H) notenima (Burbridge) notonima (auctt.) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • aféhaingré (Aub.) ehué (A Chev.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • nσtσnoma (E&A) (GHANA, KWAWU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • mpawu (FRI; E&A) mpeoro (BD&H) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • apσsẽ-nini (BD&H (GHANA, WASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5
  • éhué (Aub.) ohé (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 5

Information

Entry for Rinorea welwitschii (Oliv.) O Ktze [family VIOLACEAE]
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
Rinorea arenicola M Brandt [family VIOLACEAE]
Rinorea djalonensis A Chev. [family VIOLACEAE]
Rinorea elliotii Engl. [family VIOLACEAE]
Rinorea longicuspis Engl. [family VIOLACEAE]
Rinorea welwitschii (Oliv.) O Ktze [family VIOLACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST: ABE éhué (Aub.) ohé (Aub.) KYAMA aféhaingré (Aub.) ehué (A Chev.) GHANA: AKAN-ASANTE mpawu (FRI) mpeoro (BD&H) notenima (Burbridge) notonima (auctt.) KWAWU nσtσnoma (E&A) TWI mpawu (FRI; E&A) mpeoro (BD&H) WASA apσsẽ-nini (BD&H
Uses
(leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (bark) Medicines: eye treatments (bark) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (leaf) Medicines: fabrifuges
Description
A bush or small tree to 8 m high of the undergrowth of the lowland rainforest, locally abundant, often near streams (R. elliotii Engl., S Nigeria, 2) or in forshore scrub (R. arenicola M Brandt, Liberia) occurring from S Leone to S Nigeria, and in E Camer
References
References:1. Bouquet, 1969: 243, as R. elliotii Engl. 2. Keay & al., 1960: 85 as R. elliotii Engl. 3. Kennedy
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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