Strombosia glaucescens Engl.

• Region

  Africa

• Country

  Ghana

• State/Province

  Ashanti

• Locality

  Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

• Coordinates

  6.63, -1.28

• Location Notes

  [Africa]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

AFft
THE NEU YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 57
Strombosi a alaucescens
OLACACEAE
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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BOTANICAL
Qarde»*
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.
Medium-sized tree with slightly ridged
twigs, 25m tall. Round, straight bole. Hard,
brittle, gray or brown, smooth bark, with
round patches. Slash orange or brown.
Flowers tiny, whitish. Leaves simple,
pustulate, elliptic, acuminate, glandular,
glabrous. No exudate.
S. Kisseadoo
9 Nov 1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
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