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Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE]

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

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
Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST: AKAN-BRONG tomboro (K&B) DAN blu (K&B) KRU-GUERE poi un dubu (K&B) GUERE (Chiehn) niété brissu (B&D) GHANA: VULGAR efuo-bese (DF) ADANGME mσmσot∫o (FRI) nσkσt∫o (FRI) AKAN-ASANTE εfuσ-bese (BD&H; FRI)
Uses
plant Medicines: generally healing plant Medicines: pain-killers plant Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. plant Medicines: pulmonary troubles leaf bark Medicines: skin, mucosae plant Medicines: kidneys, diuretics plant Medicines: venereal diseases plant Medicines: fabrifuges plant Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout wood Products: building materials Products: carpentry and related applications
Description
A shrub or tree to 15 m high by 1 m girth, of fringing and savanna forest from Ghana to W Cameroons and Fernando Po, and extending to the Congo basin.The tree is occasionally cultivated in Zaïre. The wood is soft, easy to saw, of an exceptional durability and is held to be an excellent timber for interior carpentry and cabinetry (4). It is also used for paddles on river-craft (2).The tree is considered in Ivory Coast to be effective on skin-affections, sores and itch: leaves and bark are pounded up with citron juice to a paste, and the liquid is expressed for use as a lotion, while the residual lees may be used with vigorous rubbing. In the case of sores, the lees are applied as a wet dressing under a bandage (3). The plant is also used as a rejuvant and diuretic, and is given [methods not stated] for oedema of the legs and elephantiasis of the scrotum, to treat chancres and rheumatic pain, and is taken for treatment of the respiratory tract and in swamp-fever (1).This species is very similar in appearance to M. tomentosa. They share several vernacular names. The other usages of M. tomentosa may very well also apply.
References
References:1. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 51. 2. Dalziel, 1937. 3. Kerharo & Bouquet, 1950: 227. 4 Liben 1977:28–30.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Date Updated: 30 April 2005

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
Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
Common names
IVORY COAST: AKAN-BRONG tomboro (K&B) DAN blu (K&B) KRU-GUERE poi un dubu (K&B) GUERE (Chiehn) niété brissu (B&D) GHANA: VULGAR efuo-bese (DF) ADANGME mσmσot∫o (FRI) nσkσt∫o (FRI) AKAN-ASANTE εfuσ-bese (BD&H; FRI)
Uses
plant Medicines: generally healing plant Medicines: pain-killers plant Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. plant Medicines: pulmonary troubles leaf bark Medicines: skin, mucosae plant Medicines: kidneys, diuretics plant Medicines: venereal diseases plant Medicines: fabrifuges plant Medicines: dropsy, swellings, oedema, gout wood Products: building materials Products: carpentry and related applications
Description
A shrub or tree to 15 m high by 1 m girth, of fringing and savanna forest from Ghana to W Cameroons and Fernando Po, and extending to the Congo basin.The tree is occasionally cultivated in Zaïre. The wood is soft, easy to saw, of an exceptional durability and is held to be an excellent timber for interior carpentry and cabinetry (4). It is also used for paddles on river-craft (2).The tree is considered in Ivory Coast to be effective on skin-affections, sores and itch: leaves and bark are pounded up with citron juice to a paste, and the liquid is expressed for use as a lotion, while the residual lees may be used with vigorous rubbing. In the case of sores, the lees are applied as a wet dressing under a bandage (3). The plant is also used as a rejuvant and diuretic, and is given [methods not stated] for oedema of the legs and elephantiasis of the scrotum, to treat chancres and rheumatic pain, and is taken for treatment of the respiratory tract and in swamp-fever (1).This species is very similar in appearance to M. tomentosa. They share several vernacular names. The other usages of M. tomentosa may very well also apply.
References
References:1. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 51. 2. Dalziel, 1937. 3. Kerharo & Bouquet, 1950: 227. 4 Liben 1977:28–30.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. [family BIGNONIACEAE]
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