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Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cassieae

GENUS: Distemonanthus Benth.

Distemonanthus benthamianus Baill. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	African Satinwood [13]; Ayan [18]; Bonsamdua [18]; Movingui [111]; Yellow Satinwood [13]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Cameroon (N) [11]; Equatorial Guinea (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [13]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Togo (N) [11]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [3, 13, 111] ; Illustration [12, 13, 111]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

USES:
	Chemical products [3]; Medicine [13, 14]; Wood [13, 14]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.		Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
		Nigerian Trees Vol.2

11.		Keay, R.W.J., 1958
		Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

12.		Aubreville, A., 1936
		La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

13.		Voorhoeve, A.G., 1965
		Liberian High Forest Trees

14.		Dalziel, J.M., 1937
		The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

18.		Hall, J.B.& Swaine, M.D., 1981
		Forest Vegetation in Ghana.

111.		Aubreville, A., 1965
		9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

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