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Taxon: Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf

Genus: Funtumia
Family: Apocynaceae subfamily: Apocynoideae tribe: Malouetieae.
Nomen number: 102206
Place of publication: Hooker's Icon. Pl. 27: t. 2696-2697. 1901
Name verified on: 28-Aug-2006 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 28-Aug-2006
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:


Economic importance:

  • Materials: latex/rubber; wood   (to adulterate rubber fide Use Pl WT Afr; F TE Afr, for construction, furniture)
  • Medicines: folklore   (fide F TE Afr)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Congo; Equatorial Guinea - Rio Muni; Gabon; Sao Tome and Principe; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References:

  • Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal. (F Senegal)
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr) 1:150.
  • Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca. (F Zamb)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Keay, R. W. J. et al. 1960–1964. Nigerian trees. (Nigerian T)
  • Pichon, M. 1953. Monographie des Landolphiées. Mém Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 35:70.
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Woody plants of Ghana.
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Check other databases for Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf:

  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?102206 (09 February 2010)

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