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Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]

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 4
Names
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]
Common names
English Yoruba soft cane (Okigbo). IVORY COAST: ‘ANDO’ uèsènja = leaf of the kola: because of its use as anut wrapping (Visser) KRU-GUERE (Chiehn) blissi ye (B&D) gblissi vé (B&D) MANDING-MANINKA bimbru (B&D) GHANA: AKAN-ASANTE anworom (J) TWI sibiri-nua (Foggie; E&A) sugugw
Uses
(root) Medicines: generally healing (root) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf-sap) Medicines: sedatives, etc. (seed) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (leaf) Medicines: stomach troubles (root) Medicines: skin, mucosae (seed) Medicines: emetics (leaf, fruit) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (leaf, stem) Products: household, domestic and personal items (leaf) Products: containers, food-wrappers (leaf) Social: ceremonial
Products
english: Yoruba soft cane
Description
An erect or sprawling herb, stems branched to about 2–2½ m high, flowers pink to purple, fruit scarlet; of swamp-forest or subject to flooding, and in galleried forest of the savanna; in Sierra Leone to W Cameroons, and across Central Africa to Sudan, Uga
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 112. 2. Bouquet & Debray, 1974: 110. 3. Chapman 4925, K. 4. Eggeling 679, K. 5. Fay 4778, K. 6. Fay 4779, K. 7. Foggie 4934, K. 8. Jackson 2249, K. 9. Koechlin, 1964: 125–6. 10. Visser, 1975: no. 8.1. 11. Myers 6392, K. 12. Thom
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 4
Names
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]
Common names
English Yoruba soft cane (Okigbo). IVORY COAST: ‘ANDO’ uèsènja = leaf of the kola: becauseof its use as anut wrapping (Visser) KRU-GUERE (Chiehn) blissi ye (B&D) gblissi vé(B&D) MANDING-MANINKA bimbru (B&D) GHANA: AKAN-ASANTE anworom (J) TWI sibiri-nua (Foggie; E&A) sugugw
Uses
(root) Medicines: generally healing (root) Medicines: pain-killers (leaf-sap) Medicines: sedatives, etc. (seed) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (leaf) Medicines: stomach troubles (root) Medicines: skin, mucosae (seed) Medicines: emetics (leaf,fruit) Medicines: antidotes (venomous stings, bites, etc.) (leaf,stem) Products: household, domestic and personal items (leaf) Products: containers, food-wrappers (leaf) Social: ceremonial
Products
english: Yoruba soft cane
Description
An erect or sprawling herb, stems branchedto about 2–2½ m high, flowers pink to purple, fruitscarlet; of swamp-forest or subject to flooding, and in galleriedforest of the savanna; in Sierra Leone to W Cameroons, and acrossCentral Africa to Sudan, Uga
References
References:1. Abbiw, 1990: 112. 2. Bouquet & Debray,1974: 110. 3. Chapman 4925, K. 4. Eggeling 679, K. 5. Fay 4778, K.6. Fay 4779, K. 7. Foggie 4934, K. 8. Jackson 2249, K. 9. Koechlin,1964: 125–6. 10. Visser, 1975: no. 8.1. 11. Myers 6392, K.12. Thom
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Marantochloa purpurea (Ridl.) Milne-Redh. [family MARANTACEAE]
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