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Trichilia monadelpha

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Identification
Isotype of Trichilia integrifilamenta C.DC. [family MELIACEAE ] Verified by DeWilde,J.J.F.E., 1968 Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) J.J.de Wilde [family MELIACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Trichilia acutifoliata
  • Trichilia zenkeri
  • Trichilia candollei
  • Trichilia heudelotii
  • Trichilia integrifilamenta
  • Trichilia monadelpha
  • Limonia monadelpha
  • Trichilia johannis
  • Trichilia candolei
  • Trichilia acutifoliola
Common name
  • jasui (GFSE) njawa (def. -wei) (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW), MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nεndo (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW), KISSI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • ka-baŋker (S&F) ka-baŋkәr (SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW), TEMNE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • njagσ (FCD; S&F) nεkp’ε (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW), LOKO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • tεpәl-lε (FCD; S&F) (SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW), BULOM (Sherbro)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • banayi (the timber, Ivory Coast)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4
  • nequeno (JDES) (GUINEA-BISSAU, BIDYOGO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 4

Information

Entry for Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) JJ de Wilde [family MELIACEAE]
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 4
Names
Trichilia djalonis A Chev. [family MELIACEAE]
Trichilia monadelpha (Thonn.) JJ de Wilde [family MELIACEAE]
Trichilia velutina A Chev. [family MELIACEAE]
Limonia monadelpha Thonn. [family RUTACEAE]
Common names
Trade banayi (the timber, Ivory Coast). GUINEA-BISSAU: BIDYOGO nequeno (JDES) SIERRA LEONE ? ekwinsu (JJdW): BULOM (Sherbro) tεpәl-lε (FCD; S&F) KISSI nεndo (FCD; S&F) LOKO njagσ (FCD; S&F) nεkp’ε (NWT) MENDE jasui (GFSE) njawa (def. -wei) (auctt.) TEMNE ka-baŋker (S&F) ka-baŋkәr
Uses
(bark) Drink: alcoholic, stimulant (wood, bark, fruit) Medicines: generally healing (bark) Medicines: pain-killers (bark) Medicines: sedatives, etc. (bark) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (bark) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (bark) Medicines: "intestines" (root) Medicines: diarrhoea, dysentery (bark) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (bark, root) Medicines: genital stimulants/depressants (bark) Medicines: abortifacients, ecbolics (bark) Medicines: venereal diseases (bark) Medicines: yaws (bark) Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout (bark) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (leaf) Medicines: heart (leaf) Phytochemistry: glycosides, saponims, steroids (bark) Phytochemistry: tannins, astringents (leaf) Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent (fruit) Phytochemistry: fatty acids, etc. (bark) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances (fruit (birds)) Agri-horticulture: fodder Agri-horticulture: bee/honey plants, insect plants Agri-horticulture: indicators (weather, season, time) (timber) Products: building materials (bark) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (timber, fruit) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (timber) Products: fuel and lighting (timber) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. (wood/twig) Products: chew-sticks, etc.
Products
trade: Banayi
Description
A tree to 12–20 m high, bole without buttress and fluting, straight, to 1∙7 m girth, cylindrical, bearing a large open spreading evergreen crown; of lowland high-forest and evergreen and semi-deciduous secondary jungle, often on river-banks; common from G
Notes
NOTE: The foregoing names in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Ivory Coast may also apply to T. djalonis A Chev.
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 88, 97, 126, 130, 158, 162, 172, 175, 182, 189, 195, 197, 198, 203, 204, 224. 2. Adegoke & al., 1968: as T. heudelotii. 3. Ainslie, 1937: sp. no. 345, as T. heudelotii. 4. Ampofo, 1983: 19, 24, as T. heudelotii. 5. Aubréville, 1
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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