Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf

  • Filed As

    Apocynaceae
    Funtumia elastica (Preuss) Stapf

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 29, 15 Nov 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere East (Distr.). Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Specimen Notes

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

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 2073191

    Occurrence ID: e6b7c5d6-dd6f-492f-8ecc-622f825ade9c

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • County/Municipio

    Sekyere East (Distr.)

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEH YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 29	APOCYNACEAE
Funtumia elastica
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.
Understory tree, 20m tall. Round bole. Bark
dark gray, brittle, with large eyemarks.
Slash creamy-orange or pale brown. White,
copious exudate that rolls into balls
between fingers. No buttresses. Simple
narrowly-elliptic leaves with simple hairs,
some in pit domatia, margin crenate.
S. Kisseadoo	15 Nov 1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
02073191