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Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn.

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GENUS: Hymenaea L.

Hymenaea verrucosa Gaertn. [Preferred name]
    Trachylobium hornemannianum Hayne {Synonym}
    Trachylobium verrucosum (Gaertn.)Oliv. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Analomanta [3402]; Copalier [1915, 1941, 3402]; Gum Copal [1941]; Mandrirofo [3402]; Mandrofo [3402]; Mandrorofo [3402]; Tandrofo [3402]; Tandroroho [3402]; Zanzibar Copal [106, 2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Ghana (I) [32]; Kenya (N) [106]; Mozambique (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; Karnataka [1914]; Kerala [1914]; Tripura [1914]; West Bengal [1914]; Indonesia (I) [3898]; Jawa (I) [1969, 3898]; Malaysia (N) [3001]; Sabah (N) [3001]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]; Taiwan (I) [3408]
  Indian Ocean
Madagascar (N) [106, 1915, 3402]; Mauritius (I) [1915]; Mayotte (U) [3054, 4747]; Reunion (I) [1915]; Rodrigues (I) [1915]; Seychelles (N) [106, 1915, 1941]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zanzibar-Inhambane Regional transition zone; Transition woodland. [33];
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transition zone; forest [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [106, 1915, 1941, 2023, 3001, 3057, 3402, 3408, 3898] ; Illustration [42, 106, 3402, 3408]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [1941] [3402] [3898] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [1941] [3898] ; Lifespan: Perennial [1941] [3898] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 (Indian Ocean) Lock JM & Ireland H, 1993 Polhill RM, 2003-11 (Madagascar) Novoselova MS extract [3402], 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-01 (Fl.Sinicae) Novoselova MS extract, 2004-11 (S A

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1, 2023, 3001, 3402]; Domestic [3053]; Food and Drink [3001]; Medicine [3001]; Wood [42, 3402]

  
NOTES:
  Native to East Africa, Madagascar and Seychelles. [1915]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

32.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Pers.obs.

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

42.

  Dale, I.R. & Greenway, P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

1915.

  Polhill, R, M., 1990
    Legumineuses.In:Flore des Mascareignes,Vol 80.J. Bosser et a

1941.

  Robertson, S.A., 1989
    Flowering Plants of Seychelles. Kew

1969.

  Backer, C.A. et al, 1963
    Flora of Java, Vol 1. Gronongen: Noordhoff.

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

3001.

  Ding Hou, Larsen, S & Larsen, K, 1996
    Flora Malesiana I, 12,2:409-784.Caesalpiniaceae.

3053.

  de Cordemoy, E.J., 1895
    Flore de l'ile de la Reunion

3054.

  Voeltzkow, A., 1916
    Fl. Fauna Comoren

3057.

  Baker, J.G., 1877
    Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles

3066.

  Vaughan, R.E., 1937
    Mauritius Inst.Bull.1(1). Catalogue of flowering plants ...

3402.

  Du Puy, D.J. et al., 2002
    The Leguminosae of Madagascar. RBG Kew.

3408.

  Wei, C.F., 1988
    Cercis &... In: Fl.Reip.Pop.Sinicae, 39 (Leguminosae 1)

3898.

  Backer, C.A., 1963
    Flora of Java. Groningen, The Netherlands

4747.

  Voeltzkow, A., 1917
    Flora und Fauna der Comoren. 428-480. Berlin.

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