Taxon: Voacanga africana Stapf

• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• small-fruit wild frangipani   (Source: PROTABASE ) – English
  
• voacanga d'Afrique   (Source: PROTABASE ) – French
  
• cata-grande   (Source: PROTABASE ) – Portuguese
  

Economic importance:

• Medicines: folklore   (fide F TE Afr; Use Pl WT Afr)
  
• Medicines: source of tabersonine   (fide PROTABASE)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Burkina Faso; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe

References:

• PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
• Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960–. Flora zambesiaca.
• Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. 2008. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279.
• Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Voacanga africana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Voacanga africana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Voacanga africana.

Check other web resources for Voacanga africana Stapf:

• On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
• 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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