Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]

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 4
Names
Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
Common names
English Nigerian powder-flask fruit (Swingle). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-tìpína (FG&G) DIOLA bukob (JB) bukobabu (auctt.) DIOLA (Fogny) butańdia (K&A) DIOLA (Tentouck) kalêdé (K&A) MANDING-MANINKA sama lumuru = citron of the elephant (auctt.) SERER ngunsay (JB) WOLOF kunsay (K&A)
Uses
(leaf, kernel-butter) Food: general (bark, leaf) Medicines: generally healing (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (bark, leaf) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (root) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (root) Medicines: menstrual cycle (root) Medicines: venereal diseases (root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (root) Medicines: insanity (fruit) Phytochemistry: reptile-repellents (seed) Phytochemistry: fatty acids, etc. (bark, stem) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (fruit-mucilage) Products: pottery (fruit-mucilage) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: household, domestic and personal items (fruit-husk) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Powder-flask fruit, Nigerianenglish: Nigerian powder-flask fruit
Description
A shrub or tree to 15 m high with a brief trunk to 1½ to 2 m long to first branching, and 25–40 cm diameter, bearing numerous spiny branches in a rounded head not unlike an orange tree; in lowland secondary thickets and fringes of the dense forest; Senega
References
References:1. Adesogan, 1973. 2. Aubréville, 1950: 365. 3. idem, 1959: 2: 116. 4. Burtt-Davy & Hoyle, 1937, 121. 5. Busson, 1965: 327, with phytochemistry. 6. Dalziel, 1937: 304. 7. Ferry & al., 1974: sp. no. 275. 8. Irvine, 1961: 488, 490–1. 9. Keay, 198
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
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