Carpolobia lutea
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Carpolobia lutea G. Don
| Ordre | Fabales |
|---|---|
| Famille | Polygalaceae |
| Genre | Carpolobia |
2n =
Origine : de la Guinée au Nigeria
sauvage ou cultivé
| Français | ' |
|---|---|
| Anglais | poor man's candle |
Résumé des usages
- bois d'œuvre
- torches : tiges
- légume : feuilles
- fruit comestible
- ramilles : bâtonnets à mâcher
- médicinal : écorce, feuilles, racine
Description
Noms populaires
| français | |
| anglais | poor man's candle |
| Côte d'Ivoire | bleu, m'bitioro, moropié (Mansfeld) |
| Ghana | afia-fia, ofowa, oshunshun (Mansfeld) |
| Liberia | gibofoyoi, pleehn (Mansfeld) |
Classification
Carpolobia lutea G. Don (1831).
Cultivars
Histoire
Usages
In Congo cultivated for the leaves, eaten as vegetables. The fruits are eaten. The wood is characterized by a good inflammability, it is used for various purposes (walking-sticks, tool-handles, household utensils, torches). The stem-bark, roots, and leaves serve medicinal purposes. Wild distribution: W Africa (Sierra Leone up to Cameroon).
Mansfeld.
Références
- Burkill, H. M. - The useful plants of West tropical Africa., Ed. 2 4. Families M-R Royal Bot. Gardens Kew 1997: 969 p.
- Irvine, F. R. - Woody plants of Ghana with special reference to their uses. Oxford Univ. Press London 1961: 868 p.
- Schnell, R. - Plantes alimentaires et vie agricole de l'Afrique Noire. Essai de phytogéographie alimentaire. Ed. Larose Paris 1957: 233 p.
- Terra, G. J. A. (1966) - Tropical vegetables. Vegetable growing in the tropics and subtropics especially of indigenous vegetables. - Dep. Agric. Res. Royal Trop. Inst., Amsterdam Communication 54e Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam: 107 p.