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Taxon:
Ricinodendron heudelotii
(Baill.) Heckel
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ricinodendron
Family:
Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:
Crotonoideae
Tribe:
Ricinodendreae
Nomen number:
403615
Place of publication:
Ann. Inst. Colon. Marseille 5:40. 1898
Verified:
12/08/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Ricinodendron heudelotii
(Baill.) Heckel subsp.
africanum
(Müll. Arg.) Leonard
(0 active accession[s])
Ricinodendron heudelotii
(Baill.) Heckel subsp.
heudelotii
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
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=Ricinodendron+heudelotii&quantity=1
Govaerts, R. et al.
2000. World checklist and bibliography of Euphorbiaceae
URL:
http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper.
1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
Keay, R. W. J.
1989. Trees of Nigeria
Lefroy, T.
1996. The fodder shrub tagasaste: farmers guiding research. Agroforest. Today 8:18.
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
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
African nut-tree –
Reference(s)
African oil-nut-tree –
Reference(s)
African wood-oil nut-tree –
Reference(s)
ezang –
Reference(s)
Africa (Nigeria)
okwe –
Reference(s)
French
bois jasanga –
Reference(s)
essang –
Reference(s)
essessang –
Reference(s)
German
afrikanisches Mahagoni –
Reference(s)
Nigeria (Yoruba)
erimado –
Reference(s)
Portuguese
menguela –
Reference(s)
munguella –
Reference(s)
Swahili
muawa –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Tanzania
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Sudan
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
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
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Cameroon
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Democratic Republic of the Congo
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Equatorial Guinea
1
Native
Africa
West-Central Tropical Africa
Gabon
Native
Africa
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
,
Tanzania
,
Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon
,
Democratic Republic of the Congo
,
Congo
,
Gabon
,
Equatorial Guinea
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Côte D'Ivoire
,
Ghana
,
Guinea
,
Guinea-Bissau
,
Liberia
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
,
Mozambique
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
potential for agroforestry
Lefroy, T.
1996. The fodder shrub tagasaste: farmers guiding research. Agroforest. Today 8:18.
Human food
oil/fat
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
seeds
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Human food
vegetable
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Materials
lipids
source of essang oil
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Materials
lipids
source of essang oil
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Materials
wood
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Materials
wood
Duke, J. A.
1989. Handbook of Nuts CRC Press.
Medicines
folklore
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.prota4u.info/
Name
References