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Popowia congensis

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Name

Identification
Unona congensis Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Popowia congensis (Engl. & Diels) Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Unona congensis
  • Popowia laurentii
  • Popowia congensis

Information

Entry for Monanthotaxis laurentii (De Wild.) Verdc. [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
Popowia congensis (Engl. & Diels) Engl. & Diels [family ANNONACEAE]
Monanthotaxis laurentii (De Wild.) Verdc. [family ANNONACEAE]
Uses
fruit Food: general leaf Medicines: fabrifuges
Description
A scandant shrub to about 2 m high of the dense and galleried forest occurring from Sierra Leone to S Nigeria within the Region and eastwards to Ubangi and Zaïre.Water in which the leaves have been boiled is taken internally for treatment of fever in S Nigeria (1).The fruit is edible.
References
Reference:1. Unwin 49, K.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

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