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Uapaca acuminata

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Name

Identification
Uapaca acuminata (Hutch.) Pax & K.Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Hall, A.B., 1978
Related name
  • Uapaca heudelotii
  • Uapaca acuminata
Common name
  • odan (Catterall) (NIGERIA, OLULUMO (Ikom)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 2

Flora

Entry for Uapaca acuminata (Hutch.) Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Uapaca acuminata (Hutch.) Pax & K. Hoffm. [family EUPHORBIACEAE], l.c. 15: 308 (1922).
Uapaca heudelotii var. acuminata Hutch [family EUPHORBIACEAE], , in F.T.A6, 1: 639 (1912), excl.Preuss 8 (see Pax & KHoffml.c.).
Information
A tree, to 75 ft. high, inrain forest.
Habitat
rain forest
Distribution
S. Nig. Ikom Catterall 74! Bendiga Ayuk, Ikom (fr. May) Jones 8 Onochie FHI 14127!Br. Cam. Johann-Albrechtshöhe Staudt 577!
Distribution (external)
French Cameroons
Cabinda

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