Zanthoxylum leprieurii Guill. & Perr. [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
Fagara angolensis Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
Fagara attiensis Hutch. & Dalz. [family RUTACEAE]
Fagara leprieurii Engl., [family RUTACEAE]
Zanthoxylum leprieurii Guill. & Perr. [family RUTACEAE]
Common names
SENEGAL: BANYUN sekra (K&A) sikra (K&A) DIOLA (Brin/Seleki) biri kit (K&A) bugit (K&A) DIOLA (Fogny) bulin (K&A) karsandako (K&A) kasań (K&A) DIOLA (Tentouck) busań (K&A) fosań (K&A) DIOLA-FLUP budoginam (K&A) MANDING-BAMBARA sotokuru (JB;
Uses
(leaf) Food: special diets (bark, root) Medicines: pain-killers (bark, root) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (bark, root) Medicines: oral treatments (bark, root) Medicines: stomach troubles (root) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (root) Medicines: vermifuges (bark, root) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (bark, root) Medicines: venereal diseases (root, twig-bark) Medicines: leprosy (bark) Phytochemistry: arrow-poisons (bark, root, flower, fruit) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances (bark, root) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (fruit (birds)) Agri-horticulture: fodder (wood) Products: building materials (wood) Products: carpentry and related applications (trunk, wood) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: fuel and lighting (wood) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. (root) Products: chew-sticks, etc.
Description
A tree to 24 m tall, bole 1–1½ m girth, relatively short, not very straight, bearing broad-based spines, low-branching, branches also spined, forming a spreading crown; of the forest understorey, or beside streams in open country; relatively common and wi
References
References:1. Bidgood & al. 1346, 1539, K. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 156, as Fargara leprieurii. 3. Cooper & Record, 1931: 86–87, as F. angolensis Engl. 4,a. Dalziel, 1937: 307, as F. angolensis Engl. 4,b. idem, loc. cit., 307, as F. attiensis Hutch. & D
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Zanthoxylum leprieurii Guill. & Perr. [family RUTACEAE]
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