Summary
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 8:64. 1887
Verified:
01/19/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
- Figueiredo, E. & G. F. Smith. Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. 2008
- Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
- Sidiyasa, K. 1997. Taxonomy, phylogeny, and wood anatomy of Alstonia (Apocynaceae). Blumea suppl. 11:120-122.
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
alstonia – cheesewood – patternwood – stoolwood – French
emien – German
Bokukabambale – Emien – Portuguese
songati –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Congo | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Equatorial Guinea | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Nigeria
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Zaire
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Materials | wood | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=463437.
Accessed 20 September 2024.