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Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]

Date Updated: 5 February 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Names
Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Engl. Pflanzenw. Afr. 3, 1: 644 (1915); Bak. f. Leg. Trop. Afr. 2: 563. Deguelia stuhlmannii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1895) Ostryoderris chevalieri Dunn [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1914) — F.W.T.A., ed1, 1: 379; Bakfl.c562; AubrévFlForSoud.-Guin317, t62, 4–7 Xeroderris chevalieri (Dunn) G. Roberty [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], (1954) Lonchocarpus argentea A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Bot213, name only.
Information
A deciduous tree ofsavannah woodland, up to 40 or 50 ft. high, with bark separating in thick scales; trunk exuding blood-red sap when cut; flowers white in crowded grey- or rusty-tomentose panicles appearing before the leaves.
Habitat
savannah woodland
Distribution
Sen. Heudelot 347! Bakel (June) Chev. 26047!Fr. Sud. Kita Dubois 50.Port. G. Catió to Guebu (fr. June) Esp. Santo 2079!Fr. G. Siguiri (Feb.) Chev. 298! Mamou (Mar.) Dalz. 8396!S. L. Falaba (fr. Mar.) Sc. Elliot 5225!Iv. C. Tafiré Aubrév. 1446! Bobo Dioulasso Aubrév. 1258.G. C. Mangkurugu to Yagbung (fr.Togo Sokode-Basari Kersting 19.Dah. Atacora Mts. Chev. 24023.N. Nig. Sokoto (fl. Feb., fr. May) Lely 835! Dalz. 309! Bakuru-Tureta F.R. (fr. May) Jaiyesimi FHI 15825! Zamfara F.R. (fr. Apr.) Keay FHI 16172! Haskia, Zaria Prov. (fr. June) Ogua FHI 7817!
Distribution (external)
Belgian Congo Kenya Tanganyika Mozambique N. and S. Rhodesia
Ostryoderris stuhlmannii (Taub.) Dunn ex Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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