Strychnos aculeata Soler.

  • Filed As

    Loganiaceae
    Strychnos aculeata Soler.

  • Collector(s)

    A. J. M. Leeuwenberg 7388, 28 Dec 1965

  • Location

    Cameroon. Ndangané, 40 km NNE of km 29 of road Bertoua-Nanga Eboko, 13 km S. of Ebaka.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04999386

    Occurrence ID: 20aaf8e3-a5a5-4814-b8e3-396135c3e04d

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Cameroon

  • Locality

    Ndangané, 40 km NNE of km 29 of road Bertoua-Nanga Eboko, 13 km S. of Ebaka.

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]; [Map associated with specimen]

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HERBARIUM VADENSE
Plants collected by A. J. M. Leeuwenberg
pairxeroun, 1965-1966
No 7383  d.d. ...28-XII-4-965
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
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Strychnos aculeata Solered.	Log.
Rdanganl, 40 km ME# of km 29 of road Bertoua-Ranga
Eboko, 13 km S. of Ebaka. Light secondary forest with
Celtis and Sterculiaceae•
Large liana at least 60 m long and 30 m high clim-
bing; trunk prickly, 12 cm diam.; bark pale brown;
leaves coriaceous, not much shining; fruit large,
subglobose, laterally compressed, 10-13 cm diam.,
mature dark green shining, with wall 4-5 mm thick; in
rotten fruits many partly rotten seedlings of which
some may survive and find a hole through the fruit wall.
Fruit used as mortar for cucumber and peanuts.
Vern.name: "Kpag"(Beten) Calyx pale green. Seedling
Det.: A.J#M* Leeuwenberg, 1965	/in	spirit in WAG
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