Taxon: Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.

• the 2 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Common names:

• bridelia   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  
• asas   (Source: Use Pl WT Afr ) – French
  
• assas   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – French
  

Economic importance:

• Invertebrate food: silkworms   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide Herbs Commerce ed2)
  

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View ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• AFRICA
  Northeast Tropical Africa: Ethiopia; Sudan
  East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania [incl. Zanzibar]; Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Central African Republic; Equatorial Guinea; Gabon; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Benin; Burkina Faso; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Liberia; Mali; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo
  South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
  Southern Africa: South Africa - Eastern Cape, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, Mpumalanga; Swaziland
  Western Indian Ocean: Reunion

• AFRICA
  East Tropical Africa: Uganda
  West-Central Tropical Africa: Zaire
  West Tropical Africa: Ghana; Nigeria
  Southern Africa: South Africa

References:

• Abbiw, D. K. 1990. Useful plants of Ghana. [= B. stenocarpa].
• Berhaut, J. 1971–. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae.
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. ["Briedelia"].
• Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa.

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Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Bridelia micrantha.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Bridelia micrantha.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Bridelia micrantha.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Candelabria micrantha Hochst. (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Bridelia micrantha (Hochst.) Baill.:

• SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
• 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.

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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