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Voacanga thouarsii

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Name

Identification
Voacanga thouarsii Roem.&Schult. [family APOCYNACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Leeuwenberg,A.J.M., Isotype of Annularia natalensis Hochst. [family APOCYNACEAE ]
Related name
  • Voacanga dregei
  • Annularia natalensis
  • Voacanga thouarsii
  • Piptolaena unrecorded
  • Piptolaena dregei
  • Voacanga obtusa
  • Cyclostigma natalense
  • Voacanga divertum
  • Orchipeda unrecorded
Common name
  • ninyge-εxunyi (NWT) (SIERRA LEONE, SUSU), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • je-ray-krehn (C&R) (LIBERIA, KRU-BASA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Coast) landa édi (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, FULA-FULFULDE (Ivory), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • kuto (JMD; DAP) kuto-jambo the leaves (JMD) (THE GAMBIA, MANDING-MANDINKA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • к̉òк̉íyár bìriì = Strychnos of the monkey (auctt.) (NIGERIA, HAUSA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • knubwobwoyi (JMD) (NIGERIA, GWARI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • gboni (auctt.) (SIERRA LEONE, MENDE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bu lukun = tasty sap (DF) (THE GAMBIA, DIOLA (Fogny)), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bu lukuñ (JB) (SENEGAL, DIOLA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Voacanga thouarsii [family APOCYNACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Voacanga thouarsii [family APOCYNACEAE]
Common names
V. dregei E. Mey., Comm. 189 (1837); Stapf in F.C. 4, 1: 508 (1907); Henkel, Woody PI. Nat. and Zul. 148 (1934). Type: Between Umkomaas and Durban, Drege s.n. (K). V. thouarsii var. dregei (E. Mey.) Pichon, I.e. V. obtusa K. Schum. in Pflanzenfam. 4, 2: 149 (1895); Stapf in F.T.A. 4, 1: 153 (1902). Type: Belgian Congo, Niamniam, Schweinfurlh 3741. Annularia natalensis Hochst. in Flora, 24: 670 (1841). Type: Natal, Krauss s.n. (BM). Cyclostigma natalense (Hochst.) Hochst. in Endl., Gen. Suppl. 2: 56 (1842); in Flora, 27: 828 (1844). Piptolaena dregei (E. Mey.) A.DC. in DC, Prodr. 8: 357 (1844); Harv., Gen. S.A. PI. ed. 2: 246 (1868).
Information
Tree 5-15 m high with all parts glabrous; sap milky. Leaves opposite and decussate, crowded towards the tips of the branches, subcoriaceous, dull when dry, oblong-oblanceolate, 8-16 cm long and 2-2-5-5 cm broad, base narrowly cuneate, apex broadly rounded or rarely obtuse, usually with scattered acarodomatia on the lower surface; secondary nerves 8-12 on each side, widely spreading, indistinct; petiole 0-8-2-2 cm long. Stipules small, united in an interpetiolar rim or short sheath; axillary glands present. Inflorescence usually arising in pairs, terminal, dense, few-flowered consisting of racemosely arranged reduced cymes; peduncle stout, 2-5-8 cm long; bracts broadly ovate, obtuse, early caducous. Flowers fairly large, up to 4-5 cm in diameter, fleshy, white to yellowish, unpleasantly scented; pedicels 5-7 mm long. Calyx wide tubular, 1-1-4 cm long and 1 cm in diameter, early circumscissile at the base with numerous glands within; lobes short, rounded, 3-4 mm long and 6-7 mm broad. Corolla salver-shaped, tub
Habitat
Pichon draws attention to the variation found in the shape of the disc. In the typical form occurring in Madagascar and in east and west tropical Africa, the disc is large and encloses the ovary. In the plants found in South Africa and Mozambique, the disc is smaller, enclosing only the lower half of the ovary. For this reason, he separated the southern form as var. dregei. No other distinguishing characters can, however, be found and the fact that the disc seen in specimens from Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland is somewhat intermediate leads to the conclusion that the variety is not worth upholding.
Use
Voacanga thouarsii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 439 (1819); Rolfe in Journ. Bot. Lond. 21: 202(1883); Stapf in F.T.A. 4, 1: 154(1902); Sim, For. Fl. P.E.A. 87, t. 81 (1907); Brenan & Greenw., Check-list Tang. Terr. 2: 57 (1949); Pichon in Bull. Mus. Nat. Hist. Nat. ser. 2, 19: 415 (1948). Type: Madagascar, Thouars s.n. (P).
Range
In coastal forests of Natal and Pondoland, usually associated with open glades, stream banks or swampy places; also in similar habitats in Mozambique and Angola, extending through tropical Africa to Tanganyika, Uganda and the Cameroons.

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