Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

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 3
Names
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Lonchocarpus philenoptera Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Common names
English Senegal lilac (The Gambia, Percival). French savonette (= soap ball, Percival). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-mwdiέgσromb (FG&G) DIOLA é níbèy (JB; K&A) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) banigolôbi (K&A) banigolõmbi (JB) dafinawi (K&A) dafinay (JB: K&A) golombi (JB) kadodia (JB) ranéranéhi (JB) raneranei (Aub.; K&A) TUKULOR bani golõmbi (JB)
Uses
(young leaf, flower, young fruit) Food: general (bark) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (bark, root) Medicines: vermifuges (bark, root, leaf) Medicines: liver, etc. (bark, leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (bark, root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (leaf, bark) Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (foliage) Agri-horticulture: fodder (bark) Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine (bark) Products: fibre (leaf) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Senegal lilacenglish: Lilac, Senegalfrench: Savonette
Description
A small tree to 5–6 m high, bole up to 25 cm diameter, of dry savanna woodland, sometimes on edge of fringing Guinean forest, common in places from Senegal to N Nigeria, and across Africa to Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda and Zaïre (5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18).The tree
References
References:1. Akinniyi & Sultanbawa, 1983. 2. Andrews A705, A747, K. 3. Aubréville, 1950: 315. 4. Baumer, 1975: 105. 5. Berhaut, 1976: 402–4. 6. Broun & Massey, 1929: 208. 7. Chaffey 924, K. 8. Dale & Greenway, 1961: 369. 9. Dalziel, 1937: 250. 10. Eggeli
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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