Ongokea gore (Hua) Pierre

  • Filed As

    Olacaceae
    Ongokea gore (Hua) Pierre

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 78, 29 Oct 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 4752705

    Occurrence ID: 24caa532-738a-4711-813e-53bf35fa678f

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 78	OLACACEAE
Onookea gore
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.
Glabrous tree, young twigs flattened, 40m
tall. Bark brittle, thick, meaty, rough,
gray-brown; chracteristic tiny splits;
flakes when old. Slash orange; strong,
pleasant smell. Leaves simple, widely
elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute, margin
entire; glabrous.
S. Kisseadoo	29	Oct	1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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