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Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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 3
Names
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Lonchocarpus philenoptera Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Common names
English Senegal lilac (The Gambia, Percival). French savonette (= soap ball, Percival). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-mwdiέgσromb (FG&G) DIOLA é níbèy (JB; K&A) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) banigolôbi (K&A) banigolõmbi (JB) dafinawi (K&A) dafinay (JB: K&A) golombi (JB) kadodia (JB) ranéranéhi (JB) raneranei (Aub.; K&A) TUKULOR bani golõmbi (JB)
Uses
(young leaf, flower, young fruit) Food: general (bark) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (bark, root) Medicines: vermifuges (bark, root, leaf) Medicines: liver, etc. (bark, leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (bark, root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (leaf, bark) Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (foliage) Agri-horticulture: fodder (bark) Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine (bark) Products: fibre (leaf) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Senegal lilacenglish: Lilac, Senegalfrench: Savonette
Description
A small tree to 5–6 m high, bole up to 25 cm diameter, of dry savanna woodland, sometimes on edge of fringing Guinean forest, common in places from Senegal to N Nigeria, and across Africa to Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda and Zaïre (5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18).The tree
References
References:1. Akinniyi & Sultanbawa, 1983. 2. Andrews A705, A747, K. 3. Aubréville, 1950: 315. 4. Baumer, 1975: 105. 5. Berhaut, 1976: 402–4. 6. Broun & Massey, 1929: 208. 7. Chaffey 924, K. 8. Dale & Greenway, 1961: 369. 9. Dalziel, 1937: 250. 10. Eggeli
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 3
Names
Lonchocarpus laxiflorus Guill. & Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Lonchocarpus philenoptera Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Common names
English Senegal lilac (The Gambia,Percival). French savonette (= soap ball,Percival). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-mwdiέgσromb (FG&G) DIOLA éníbèy (JB; K&A) FULA-PULAAR (Senegal) banigolôbi (K&A)banigolõmbi (JB) dafinawi (K&A) dafinay (JB: K&A)golombi (JB) kadodia (JB) ranéranéhi (JB) raneranei(Aub.; K&A) TUKULOR bani golõmbi (JB)
Uses
(young leaf, flower, young fruit) Food: general (bark) Food: sauces, condiments, spices, flavourings (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: skin, mucosae (bark, root) Medicines: vermifuges (bark, root, leaf) Medicines: liver, etc. (bark, leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (bark, root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (leaf, bark) Phytochemistry: insecticides, arachnicides Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (foliage) Agri-horticulture: fodder (bark) Agri-horticulture: veterinary medicine (bark) Products: fibre (leaf) Products: dyes, stains, inks, tattoos and mordants (bark) Products: exudations-gums, resins, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Senegal lilacenglish: Lilac, Senegalfrench: Savonette
Description
A small tree to 5–6 m high, bole up to25 cm diameter, of dry savanna woodland, sometimes on edge offringing Guinean forest, common in places from Senegal to NNigeria, and across Africa to Eritrea, Kenya, Uganda and Zaïre(5, 8, 10, 15, 16, 18).The tree
References
References:1. Akinniyi & Sultanbawa, 1983. 2. AndrewsA705, A747, K. 3. Aubréville, 1950: 315. 4. Baumer, 1975: 105.5. Berhaut, 1976: 402–4. 6. Broun & Massey, 1929: 208. 7.Chaffey 924, K. 8. Dale & Greenway, 1961: 369. 9. Dalziel,1937: 250. 10. Eggeli
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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