Taxon: Holarrhena floribunda (G. Don) T. Durand & Schinz

Common names:

• false rubbertree   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Dict Gard; Use Pl WT Afr)
  
• Materials: carved material; latex/rubber   (used to adulterate latices fide Use Pl WT Afr)
  

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo

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) 1:153–154.
• Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
• 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)

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Holarrhena floribunda.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Holarrhena floribunda. Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Synonyms:

• (=) Holarrhena africana A. DC.
  
• (=) Holarrhena wulfsbergii Stapf
  

Check other databases for Holarrhena floribunda (G. Don) T. Durand & Schinz:

• 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
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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