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Voacanga eketensis

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Name

Identification
Voacanga eketensis Wernham [family APOCYNACEAE ] Voacanga africana Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M.,
Related name
  • Voacanga eketensis
  • Voacanga africana

Flora

Entry for Voacanga africana Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Voacanga africana Stapf [family APOCYNACEAE], in J. Linn. Soc. 30: 87 (1893); F.T.A. 4, 1: 157 (1902); Aubrév. Fl. For. C. Iv., ed. 2, 3: 216, t. 331.
Voacanga glabra K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1895).
Voacanga schweinfurthii var. parviflora K. Schum. [family APOCYNACEAE], (1897).
Voacanga magnifolia Wernham [family APOCYNACEAE], in Cat. Talb. 62 (1913).
Voacanga talbotii Wernham [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. 63 (1913).
Voacanga eketensis Wernham [family APOCYNACEAE], in J. Bot. 52: 25 (1914).
Voacanga glaberrima Wernham [family APOCYNACEAE], l.c. (1914).
Voacanga africana var. glabra (K. Schum.) Pichon [family APOCYNACEAE], in Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér, 2, 19: 412 (1947).
Information
A shrub or tree, 5-30 ft. high; flowers white or greenish.
Distribution
Sen.: Heudelot 89! Casamance Beuddot 568.Gam.: Skues!Guin.: Conakry (Apr.) Debeaux 320! La Konkoré (Sept.) Pobeguin K16!S. L.: Kambui F.R. (Apr.) Lane-Poole 251!Lib.: Karmadhun, Kolahun Dist. (fr. Nov.)Iv. C.: Banco Serv. For. 379. Rasso Aubrév. 576. Mt. Tongui Aubrév.Ghana: Axim (fl. & fr. Jan.) Chipp 60! Assin-Yan-Kumasi (Apr.) Scholes 235! Dunkwa (fr. Aug.) Chipp 716! Essiama (Apr.) Williams 436! Kumasi (Mar.) Vigne FH 3741!Togo Rep.: Misahöhe Baumann 464!Dah.: Ouidah Poisson. Adja Ouéré Poisson 9; Le Testu 279. Boguila, Abomey Chev. 23201.N. Nig.: Patti Lokoja (Apr.) Elliott 48!S. Nig.: Onikan, Lagos (Dec.) Onochie FHI 34654! Ibadan (Mar., Apr.) Meikle 1478! Hambler 24! Idanre, Ondo Prov. (Jan.) Brenan 8712! Oban Talbot 1053! 2071! Eket Talbot![Br.] Cam.: Victoria (Feb., Apr.) Maitland 422! 759! Buea, 4,000 ft. (Jan., Apr.) Hutch.F. Po: (Jan.) Mann 243!
Distribution (external)
Cameroun
Congo
Egypt
Sudan
(?) Tanganyika

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