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Terminalia albida Sc. Elliot [family COMBRETACEAE]

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
Terminalia albida Sc. Elliot [family COMBRETACEAE]
Common names
SENEGAL: BALANTA kakufufa (Aub.) kénacu (Aub.) DIOLA kéo (JB; Aub.) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) bori billel (Aub.) MANDING-BAMBARA volo ni dié (JB) MANDINKA woloforo (def.-o) (after Aub.) MANDYAK bugundio (Aub.) THE GAMBIA: FULA-PULAAR (The Gambia) bodehi (DAP) bori-bila (DRR) boro-bila (DAP) MANDING-MANDINKA wollo-koio (Fox) wolo (def.-o) (auctt.) wolo-iro, iro: tree (DRR) GUINEA-BISSAU: MANDING-MANDINKA sirafitom (JDES) MANKANYA bidianali (Aub.) GUINEA: FULA-PULAAR (Guinea) bori billel (Aub.) SUSU copera figue (Aub.) SIERRA LEONE: MANDING-MANINKA (Koranko) wasε (S&F) wσlsayamba (NWT) MENDE foni-baji (S&F) SUSU kuberefiexai (NWT) MALI: FULA-PULAAR (Mali) bori billel (Aub.) MANDING-BAMBARA uolonidié (Aub.)
Uses
bark Medicines: eye treatments Products: fuel and lighting
Description
A shrub or tree to about 13 m high, with corky fissured bark, of the savanna woodland from Senegal to Mali. It is one of the commonest small trees of The Gambia (2). Its thick bark confers on it some protection against fire (3).Its chief use in The Gambia is for firewood but when found in large sizes it is used for house-building (2).An aqueous extract of the bark is used in The Gambia as an eye-lotion (1).
References
References:1. Fox 83, 110, K. 2. Rosevear, 1961. 3. Savill & Fox, 1967, 103.
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Terminalia albida Sc. Elliot [family COMBRETACEAE]
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