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Scleria racemosa

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Scleria racemosa Poir. [family CYPERACEAE]
Filed as Coix lacryma-jobi L. [family GRAMINEAE]
Isolectotype of Scleria racemosa Poir. var. depressa C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Holotype of Scleria racemosa Poir. subsp. racemosa [family CYPERACEAE]
Isotype of Scleria racemosa Poir. subsp. racemosa [family CYPERACEAE]
Type of Scleria vogelii C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Scleria depressa (C.B.Clarke) Nelmes [family CYPERACEAE]
Isotype of Scleria chevalieri J.Raynal [family CYPERACEAE]
Isotype of Scleria ciliolata Boeckeler [family CYPERACEAE]
Isolectotype of Scleria racemosa Poir. var. depressa C.B.Clarke [family CYPERACEAE]
Filed as Scleria racemosa Poir. [family CYPERACEAE]
Syntype of Scleria macrocarpa Salzm. ex Boeckeler [family CYPERACEAE]
Scleria racemosa Poir. [family CYPERACEAE]
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Name

Identification
Scleria racemosa Poir. [family CYPERACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by L. Aké Assi, 1974
Related name
  • Scleria nosibensis
  • Scleria depressa
  • Coix lacryma-jobi
  • Scleria vogelii
  • Scleria racemosa
  • Scleria ciliolata
  • Scleria chevalieri
Common name
  • pipi (Har.) (LIBERIA, MANO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • é liba (JB) solahir (AS, ex RP) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bòù ẹ̀dẹ́ị́n = bush knife (KW) (NIGERIA, IJO-IZON (Kolokuma)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kômum (Langdale-Brown) (GUINEA, MANDING-MANINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • é liba = knife (DF) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mela(i) (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ahõ (FRI) (GHANA, GBE-VHE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • sword grass (Irvine.), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • njewσ (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • a-nyεtσ-a-ro-bat (NWT) a-nyεtσ-a-ro-kai (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • mala (Langdale-Brown) (GUINEA, FULA-PULAAR (Guinea)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for SCLERIA racemosa C. B. Clarke Var. β depressa [family CYPERACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 8, page 264, (1902) Author: (By C. B. Clarke.)
Names
SCLERIA racemosa C. B. Clarke Var. β depressa [family CYPERACEAE], in Durand & Schinz, Conspect. Fl. Afr. v. 674.
Information
Nut broader than long, flat or depressed at the top, often with a circular groove.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea on the shore, Heudelot, 368!Senegal Upper Guinea Michelin! Cape Verd, Perrottet!Gambia Upper Guinea Ingram!Lagos Upper Guinea Millen, 96!Niger Upper Guinea Nupe; in shady ravines, Barter, 921!
Notes
This is a striking variety in its extreme form, but there is a complete series of forms passing into typical S. racemosa .

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