Entry From
Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol 3
Names
Berlinia bracteosa Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Berlinia bracteosa null [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Berlinia grandiflora (Vahl) Hutch. & Dalz. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Berlinia grandiflora null [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Berlinia occidentalis Keay [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Common names
English red oak (Liberia, Cooper). SIERRA LEONE: GOLA vawei (DS) KISSI wεiyo (S&F) KONO sakpε (S&F) MENDE behan (LP; FCD) sakpa (def. -pεi) (S&F) TEMNE ka-poŋko (S&F) LIBERIA: KRU-BASA gbor du-orh (C; C&R) MENDE kpendi (C&R) IVORY COAST: ABE melegba (A.Chev. fide JMD) AKAN-A
Uses
(gum) Medicines: generally healing (bark) Medicines: generally healing (flower) Medicines: stomach troubles (leafy twig) Medicines: emetics (leafy twig) Medicines: antemetics (leafy twig) Medicines: laxatives, etc. (leafy twig) Medicines: liver, etc. (bark) Medicines: kidneys, diuretics (leafy twig) Medicines: fabrifuges (bark) Medicines: fabrifuges (bark, seed) Phytochemistry: miscellaneously poisonous or repellent (bark, root) Phytochemistry: alkaloids Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended Agri-horticulture: indicators (soil, water) Agri-horticulture: shade-trees (timber, pole) Products: building materials (timber) Products: building materials (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (heart-wood) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. (timber) Products: carpentry and related applications
Description
Tree to 25 m high, bole to 80 cm diameter, twisted, knobbly, of damp and swampy sites in the dense rain-forest (1, 6, 7), from Sierra Leone to Ghana.Sap-wood is white, wide and hard. It emits a pungent odour attracting borers to which it is not resistant.
References
References:1. Aubréville, 1959: 1: 278. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 55. 3. Cooper 177, K. 4. Cooper & Record, 1931: 61–62, as Berlinia bracteosa Benth. and B. grandiflora Hutch. & Dalz. 5. Dalziel, 1937: 176, as B. grandiflora Hutch. & Dalz., in part. 6. I
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