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Taxon:
Dacryodes edulis
(G. Don) H. J. Lam
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Dacryodes
Family:
Burseraceae
Nomen number:
310587
Place of publication:
Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg sér. 3, 12:336. 1932
Verified:
11/12/1993
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
Pachylobus edulis
G. Don
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pachylobus edulis
G. Don var.
edulis
Pachylobus edulis
G. Don var.
mubafo
Engl.
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Reference(s)
Borlaug, N. et al., eds.
2008. Fruits: Butterfruit (safou, bush mango). Lost crops of Africa. 3:61-75.
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Burkill, H. M.
1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
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=Dacryodes+edulis&quantity=1
Kalkman, C.
1954. Revision of the Burseraceae of the Malaysian area in the wider sense. Blumea 7:500.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
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.
Ngatchou, J. N. & J. Kengu.
1989. Review of the African plum tree (
Dacroydes edulis
). In: G. E. Wickens et al., New crops for food and industry. New crops for food and industry 265-271.
Okafor, J. C.
1990. Development and selection of commercially viable cultivars from forest species for fruit. Mitt. Inst. Allg. Bot. Hamburg 23a:81-97.
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. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
Robyns, W. et al., eds.
1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
Silou, T.
1996. Fruits (Paris). 51:47-60.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African-pear –
Reference(s)
bush-buttertree –
Reference(s)
French
safoutier –
Reference(s)
German
Saphubaum –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
safu –
Reference(s)
Spanish
uva del país –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
s.w.
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Sao Tome and Principe
2
Cultivated
also cult.
Native
Africa
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Sao Tome and Principe
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
(s.w.)
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Zambia
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
shade/shelter
Burkill, H. M.
1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
Human food
fruit
Burkill, H. M.
1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1:307.
Human food
fruit
Rehm, S. & G. Espig.
1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics
Name
References