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Xylopia villosa

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Identification
Xylopia oxypetala (DC.) Oliv. [family ANNONACEAE ] Xylopia villosa Chipp [family ANNONACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson; Dalziel, Xylopia talbotii Exell [family ANNONACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Xylopia talbotii
  • Xylopia oxypetala
  • Xylopia villosa
Common name
  • palùfòn dúdú = black palufon (Punch; KO&S) (NIGERIA, YORUBA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • Δbaa (BD&H) σbaa fufuo = white Xylopia (CJT) (GHANA, AKAN-ASANTE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • elo (A. Chev.) mossohué (A. Chev.) (IVORY COAST, ABE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ahué (Aub.; B&D) van-mê (Aub.) (IVORY COAST, KYAMA), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • obaa fufuo = white Xylopia (DF) obaa-pete (DF) (GHANA, TWI), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • àghàkó (auctt.) (NIGERIA, EDO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • bello (A. Chev.) (IVORY COAST, AKYE), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • elo pubescent (elo from Abe, Aubréville)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • ọ́dà a dialectal variant of ụ́dà (JMD) ụ́dà (JMD; KO&S) (NIGERIA, IGBO), Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

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Entry for Xylopia villosa Chipp [family ANNONACEAE]
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
Xylopia villosa Chipp [family ANNONACEAE]
Common names
French elo pubescent (elo from Abe, Aubréville). IVORY COAST: ABE elo (A. Chev.) mossohué (A. Chev.) AKYE bello (A. Chev.) KYAMA ahué (Aub.; B&D) van-mê (Aub.) GHANA: AKAN-ASANTE Δbaa (BD&H) σbaa fufuo = white Xylopia (CJT) TWI obaa fufuo = white Xylopia (DF) obaa-pete (DF) NIGERIA: EDO àghàkó (auctt.) IGBO ọ́dà a dialectal variant of ụ́dà (JMD) ụ́dà (JMD; KO&S) YORUBA palùfòn dúdú = black palufon (Punch; KO&S)
Uses
seed Medicines: generally healing bark Medicines: naso-pharyngeal affections wood Products: building materials wood Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus wood Products: household, domestic and personal items
Description
A tree to 26 m high of the high-forest occurring from the Ivory Coast to S Nigeria. The bole is slender, and slightly fluted, sap-wood is light brown and hard (7). The wood is elastic, very durable and tough. It is not attacked by termites (3, 4, 5), and finds use as house-posts, axe-handles (6) and like purposes.The slash is light brown and sweetly-scented (7), and the powdered bark is used in the Ivory Coast as a sinus decongestant in cases of colds or headache (2).The seeds are pounded to make a poultice for boils in S Nigeria (8).
References
References:1. Aubréville, 1959: 1, 140. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 19. 3. Dalziel, 1937. 4. Irvine 1961–26 5. Keay & al., 1961: 38. 6. Kennedy 415, K. 7. Taylor, 1961: 92. 8. Thomas, N. W., 1951, Nig. Ser., K.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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