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Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig; original illustration from FWTA

Date Updated: 27 June 2007

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Resource Type
Drawings
Creator
Trevithick, W. E.
Date
1927-01-01
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Flora of West Tropical Africa Illustrations, FWTA 2nd edition; vol. 1; pt. 2; p723; fig. 198
Attribution
Illustrator's copyright
Description
Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig; original illustration from FWTA. This tree is native of the forest outliers in the savannah regions and of drier parts of the eastern half of West Tropical Africa, but most usually it is seen planted near dwellings. It has been collected in French Sudan (Mali), Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau), French Guinea (Guinea), Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (Ghana), Togoland (Ghana, Togo), Dahomey (Benin), Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) (Hutchinson & Dalziel, 1958).
Identifier
KFWT00000108
Collection name
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Plant name
Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig [family SAPINDACEAE]
Plant part
Leaves, fruit and flower detail
Pages
1

Date Updated: 12 April 2006

Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Resource Type
drawing
Creator
Trevithick, W. E.
Date
19270101
Source
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London, England, UK
Relation
Flora of West Tropical Africa Illustrations, FWTA 2nd edition; vol. 1; pt. 2; p723; fig. 198
Attribution
Illustrator's copyright
Description
Blighia sapida K.D.Koenig; original illustration from FWTA. This tree is native of the forest outliers in the savannah regions and of drier parts of the eastern half of West Tropical Africa, but most usually it is seen planted near dwellings. It has been collected in French Sudan (Mali), Portuguese Guinea (Guinea Bissau), French Guinea (Guinea), Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast (Ghana), Togoland (Ghana, Togo), Dahomey (Benin), Northern Nigeria (Nigeria) and Southern Nigeria (Nigeria) (Hutchinson & Dalziel, 1958).
Identifier
KFWT00000108
Collection name
Flora of West Tropical Africa, original illustrations
Pages
1
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