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Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
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
Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
Common names
English Nigerian powder-flask fruit (Swingle). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-tìpína (FG&G) DIOLA bukob (JB) bukobabu (auctt.) DIOLA (Fogny) butańdia (K&A) DIOLA (Tentouck) kalêdé (K&A) MANDING-MANINKA sama lumuru = citron of the elephant (auctt.) SERER ngunsay (JB) WOLOF kunsay (K&A)
Uses
(leaf, kernel-butter) Food: general (bark, leaf) Medicines: generally healing (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (bark, leaf) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (root) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (root) Medicines: menstrual cycle (root) Medicines: venereal diseases (root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (root) Medicines: insanity (fruit) Phytochemistry: reptile-repellents (seed) Phytochemistry: fatty acids, etc. (bark, stem) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (fruit-mucilage) Products: pottery (fruit-mucilage) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: household, domestic and personal items (fruit-husk) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Powder-flask fruit, Nigerianenglish: Nigerian powder-flask fruit
Description
A shrub or tree to 15 m high with a brief trunk to 1½ to 2 m long to first branching, and 25–40 cm diameter, bearing numerous spiny branches in a rounded head not unlike an orange tree; in lowland secondary thickets and fringes of the dense forest; Senega
References
References:1. Adesogan, 1973. 2. Aubréville, 1950: 365. 3. idem, 1959: 2: 116. 4. Burtt-Davy & Hoyle, 1937, 121. 5. Busson, 1965: 327, with phytochemistry. 6. Dalziel, 1937: 304. 7. Ferry & al., 1974: sp. no. 275. 8. Irvine, 1961: 488, 490–1. 9. Keay, 198
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
Afraegle paniculata (Schum. & Thonn.) Engl. [family RUTACEAE]
Common names
English Nigerian powder-flask fruit(Swingle). SENEGAL: BEDIK gi-tìpína (FG&G) DIOLA bukob (JB)bukobabu (auctt.) DIOLA (Fogny) butańdia (K&A) DIOLA (Tentouck)kalêdé (K&A) MANDING-MANINKA sama lumuru = citron of the elephant(auctt.) SERER ngunsay (JB) WOLOF kunsay(K&A)
Uses
(leaf, kernel-butter) Food: general (bark, leaf) Medicines: generally healing (leaf) Medicines: pain-killers (bark, leaf) Medicines: arthritis, rheumatism, etc. (root) Medicines: pulmonary troubles (root) Medicines: stomach troubles (leaf) Medicines: cutaneous, subcutaneous parasitic infection (root) Medicines: menstrual cycle (root) Medicines: venereal diseases (root) Medicines: malnutrition, debility (root) Medicines: insanity (fruit) Phytochemistry: reptile-repellents (seed) Phytochemistry: fatty acids, etc. (bark, stem) Phytochemistry: aromatic substances Agri-horticulture: ornamental, cultivated or partially tended (fruit-mucilage) Products: pottery (fruit-mucilage) Products: farming, forestry, hunting and fishing apparatus (wood) Products: household, domestic and personal items (fruit-husk) Products: pastimes-carving, musical instruments, games, toys, etc. Social: religion, superstitions, magic
Products
english: Powder-flask fruit, Nigerianenglish: Nigerian powder-flask fruit
Description
A shrub or tree to 15 m high with a brieftrunk to 1½ to 2 m long to first branching, and 25–40 cmdiameter, bearing numerous spiny branches in a rounded head notunlike an orange tree; in lowland secondary thickets and fringes ofthe dense forest; Senega
References
References:1. Adesogan, 1973. 2. Aubréville, 1950:365. 3. idem, 1959: 2: 116. 4. Burtt-Davy & Hoyle, 1937, 121.5. Busson, 1965: 327, with phytochemistry. 6. Dalziel, 1937: 304.7. Ferry & al., 1974: sp. no. 275. 8. Irvine, 1961: 488,490–1. 9. Keay, 198
Contributor
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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