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Sophora occidentalis

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Name

Identification
Sophora occidentalis L. [family FABACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Sophora nitens Schumach. and Thonn. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet, Sophora crassifolia Rauw. [family FABACEAE ] Verified by J.M.C. Lange, 1858 Sophora tomentosa ?? [family FABACEAE ] Verified by J.M.C. Lange, 1876
Related name
  • Sophora nitens
  • Sophora tomentosa
  • Sophora occidentalis
  • Sophora crassifolia
Common name
  • saman dua = spirit’s beans; being inedible (FRI) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • naradia (K&A) (SENEGAL, NON), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3
  • bore (JB; K&A) (SENEGAL, SERER), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 3

Flora

Entry for SOPHORA tomentosa subsp. tomentosa [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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: J. B. GILLETT, R. M. POLHILL & B. VERDCOURT
Names
SOPHORA tomentosa subsp. tomentosa [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
SOPHORA occidentalis [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], [sensu R. O. Williams, U.O.P.Z.: 449 (1949), non L. sensu stricto]
Information
Hairs, particularly on underside of leaflets, curved and matted into a short tomentum.
Range
DISTR. K7; T3, 6; Z; P widespread on tropical and subtropical coasts from Mozambique, Madagascar and the Seychelles to China, eastern Australia and Polynesia
Distribution
KENYA Mombasa, Likoni, Dec. 1930, Thorold 1550! & 30 May 1934, Napier in C.M. 6305!TANGANYIKA Tanga District near Nyamaku, Ndume beach, 24 Jan. 1957, Faulkner 2117!TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District near Dar es Salaam, Feb. 1874, Hildebrandt 1212! & 26 Feb. 1926, B. D. Burtt 5252 !TANGANYIKA Rufiji District Mafia I., Kanga, 11 Aug. 1937, Greenway 5045 !ZANZIBAR Zanzibar, Changa [Prison] I., G. de C. Taylor 382 ! & Zanzibar I., Fumba, 10 May 1960, Faulkner 2553 !ZANZIBAR Pemba I., Ras Kigomasha, 10 Dec. 1930, Greenway 2691!
Notes
Yakovlev (l.c.) further divides the species into five subspecies. The plant provides an effective fish poison.

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