Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen.

  • Filed As

    Polygalaceae
    Securidaca longepedunculata Fresen.

  • Collector(s)

    R. E. S. Tanner 1139, 06 Nov 1952

  • Location

    Tanzania. Mwanza. Hoiyokoiyo Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2736131

    Occurrence ID: e42af00e-3e12-46a8-9319-0c11ce2a4682

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Tanzania

  • State/Province

    Mwanza

  • Locality

    Hoiyokoiyo Parish, Mbarika Chiefdom

  • Elevation

    Alt. 1189 m. (3901 ft.)

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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The New York Botanical Garden
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Determined at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, England
Herbarium of the University of California
Tanner 1139
Vernacular name: Kisukumas Nengonengo
Uses: Sukuma* for gonorrhoea—roots cut up
into small pieces and boiled with white
mtama flour and then drunk* Causes much
irritation*
TANGANYIKA, AFRICA
Lake Province
Securidaca longepecunculata Fres*
On coarse sand, in hedge at edge of cul-
tivated area. Shrub or small tree,
branched, erect, the sap colourless^
flowers rich purple, aromatic*
Mwanza District
Herbarium of the University of California
Altitude 3900 feet
R. E. S. Tanner 1139
6 November 1952
02736131