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Taxon:
Irvingia gabonensis
(Aubry-Lecomte ex OʼRorke) Baill.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Irvingia
Family:
Irvingiaceae
Nomen number:
20449
Place of publication:
Traité bot. méd. phan. 2:881. 1884
Verified:
11/06/1985
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Mangifera gabonensis
Aubry-Lecomte ex OʼRorke
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Irvingia barteri
Hook. f.
No images
Reference(s)
Berhaut, J.
1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Irvingia+gabonensis&quantity=1
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Leakey, R. R. B. et al.
2004. Evidence that subsistence farmers have domesticated indigenous fruits (
Dacryodes edulis
and
Irvingia gabonensis
) in Cameroon and Nigeria. Agroforest. Systems 60:101-111.
Okafor, J. C.
1990. Development and selection of commercially viable cultivars from forest species for fruit. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23a:81-97.
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2010. Wood technical fact sheet:
Irvingia gabonensis
.
Note:
re. use in heavy construction
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African wild mango –
Reference(s)
dikabread-tree –
Reference(s)
dikanut –
Reference(s)
dikanut-tree –
Reference(s)
rainy season bush-mango –
Reference(s)
sweet bush-mango –
Reference(s)
French
chocolatier –
Reference(s)
dika –
Reference(s)
dika du Gabon –
Reference(s)
manguier sauvage –
Reference(s)
odika –
Reference(s)
ogbono –
Reference(s)
German
Dikanuß –
Reference(s)
Spanish
árbol chocolate –
Reference(s)
irvingia –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Benin
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Côte D'Ivoire
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Guinea-Bissau
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Liberia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Senegal
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Central African Republic
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic
,
Cameroon
,
Congo
,
Gabon
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin
,
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Liberia
,
Senegal
,
Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Animal food
fodder
presscake for cattle feed
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Food additives
thickening agent
from ground and crushed fruits
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
beverage base
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
fruit
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
nut
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
oil/fat
fide PROTA4U
Facciola, S.
1990. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants Kampong Publications.
Materials
wood
for heavy construction, plankin, ship decks fide http://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/htmlDocs_africa/Irvingiagabonensis.html,
USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory.
2010. Wood technical fact sheet:
Irvingia gabonensis
.
Note:
re. use in heavy construction
Medicines
folklore
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Name
References