Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Funtumia africana (Benth.) Stapf

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 19, 2 Oct 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Specimen Notes

    [Record databased by volunteers in the DIGIVOL Crowdsourcing Platform. Imported to NYBG database in 2023.]

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 02073169

    Occurrence ID: ae0d6fb1-46ef-472c-a975-326122be52d6

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEU YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
APOCYNACEAE
Funtumia africana
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38’N, 1°17’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Small to medium-sized tree, 45m tall. Round
unbuttressed trunk. Brittle, smooth, gray ti
dark bark. Prominent eyemarks. Brownish
slash. Copious, white, sticky exudate.
Simple, narrowly elliptic leaves with
domatia of hairs in glandular pits. Leaf
margin broadly crenate.
BOTANICAL
S. Kisseadoo
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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