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Details for: TARS 2583,
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels, Afara
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels
Top Name:
Afara
Origin:
Donated – Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1935
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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This is historical information about this accession. It no longer exists and can not be requested.
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels
Top Name:
Afara
Origin:
Donated – Nigeria
Maintained:
Historic Record
Received by NPGS:
Mar 1935
Form Received:
Seed
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Donated
08 April 1935.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Donor(s):
Grey, R.M., Atkins Institution, Harvard Botanical Experiment Station
PRE 1935.
Nigeria
Comment:
From Division of Forest, Ibadan
20 February 1936.
District of Columbia, United States
Donor(s):
Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction
Accession Names and Identifiers
Afara
Type: Local name
TARS 2583
Type: Site identifier
Group: MISC.TARS
PI 110327
Type: Other or unclassified name
Narrative
"A handsome tree 60 to 120 feet tall with alternate obovate oblong leaves 4 to 6 inches long and mall whitish flowers in elongated spikes as long as the leaves. Native to tropical Africa. For trial in the warmer parts of southern Fla." -- Notes from the Descriptive List of Plants Available at United States Plant Introduction Garden, Coconut Grove, Fla.
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels
Genus:
Terminalia
Family:
Combretaceae
Subfamily:
Combretoideae
Tribe:
Combreteae
Subtribe:
Terminaliinae
Nomen number:
36356
Place of publication:
H. G. A. Engler, Monogr. afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 4:26. 1900
Verified:
01/18/2002
by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Common names
Language
Name
Alternate name
note
seq
Citation
English
shinglewood
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
white afara
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
white mukonja
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
English
yellow-pine
1
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Africa (Ghana)
ofram
2
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
French
franké
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
French
limba
2
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
French
limbo
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
French
limbo blanc
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
French
limbo clair
2
Burkill, H. M.
1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Swedish
afara
2
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012.
Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
unknown
afara
2
Boutelje, J. B.
1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature
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