Lovoa trichilioides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Meliaceae
Subfamilia: Cedreloideae
Genus: Lovoa
Species: Lovoa trichilioides

Name

Lovoa trichilioides Harms, 1896

Synonyms

  • Heterotypic
    • Lovoa angulata Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 225 (1917)
    • Lovoa brachysiphon Sprague in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 508 (1906)
    • Lovoa brownii Sprague in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 509 (1906)
    • Lovoa budongensis Sprague in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 508 (1906)
    • Lovoa corbisieriana Staner in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 19: 429 (1930)
    • Lovoa klaineana Pierre ex Sprague in J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37: 509 (1906)
    • Lovoa leplaeana Staner in Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 19: 430 (1930)
    • Lovoa mildbraedii Harms in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 225 (1917)
    • Lovoa pynaertii De Wild. in Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 260 (1908)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone.
    • West-Central Tropical Africa
      • Cabinda, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, Zaïre.
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola, Mozambique, Zimbabwe.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Irvine, F.R. 1961. Woody Plants of Ghana: With Special Reference to Their Uses. London: Oxford University Press. Google Books Reference page. 
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. 2012. Conservation Checklist of the Trees of Uganda. 235 pp. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Vernacular names

ak: Dubinibiri
English: African Walnut
français: Dibétou
Yorùbá: Akoko Igbo
  • Anyi: (A)penkwa [Aowin (or Brosa) dialect]
  • Edo: Apopo (Melzien 1937: 10)
  • Nzema: Pepedom
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