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Sorindeia warneckei

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Identification
Sorindeia warneckei Engl. [family ANACARDIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Sorindeia grandifolia Engl. [family ANACARDIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Breteler F.J., 2002
Related name
  • Sorindeia warneckei
  • Sorindeia grandifolia
Common name
  • bùjé wẹẹrẹ = small bùjé (Randia maculata) (JMD) gboyìn-gboyìn (Millson) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • (Umu-Ahia) obunnu (Ariwaodo) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • osee-efu (Williams) (GHANA, AKAN-TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • akpσkpoe (Akpabla) (GHANA, GBE-VHE (Awlan)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

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Entry for Sorindeia warneckei Engl. [family ANACARDIACEAE]
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 1
Names
Sorindeia warneckei Engl. [family ANACARDIACEAE]
Common names
GHANA: AKAN-TWI osee-efu (Williams) GBE-VHE (Awlan) akpσkpoe (Akpabla) NIGERIA: IGBO (Umu-Ahia) obunnu (Ariwaodo) YORUBA bùjé wẹẹrẹ = small bùjé (Randia maculata) (JMD) gboyìn-gboyìn (Millson)
Uses
fruit Food: general plant Medicines: generally healing sap Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants
Description
A scandant shrub or small tree, of forest understorey or in secondary jungle from Sierra Leone to S Nigeria.The plant is added to medicinal baths in Accra (Williams fide 4). Sap is used to make blue colour in tattooing in Ghana (2, 4). The fruit are yellow ripening black, and the pulp is sweet and edible (1, 3, 4).
References
References:1. Dalziel, 1937. 2. Irvine 275, K. 3. Irvine 1956, K. 4. Irvine, 1961: 565.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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