Taxon:
Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don
Summary
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 4:32. 1837
Verified:
10/04/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
- 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=Chrysophyllum+albidum&quantity=1
- Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 2001. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae URL: http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1963. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 2:27.
- Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria
- Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
- Pennington, T. D. 1991. The genera of the Sapotaceae
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
English
white star-apple –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | s. |
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 | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
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 | Gabon | | |
Native
Africa
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan (s.)
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Uganda
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Human food | fruit | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. |
Human food | fruit | | Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption |
Materials | wood | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa. |
Materials | wood | | Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature |