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Details for: TARS 3746,
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels, Afara
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Summary Data
Taxonomy:
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels
Top Name:
Afara
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1937
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
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Core Passport Data
Taxonomy:
Terminalia superba
Engl. & Diels
Top Name:
Afara
Origin:
Collected – Nigeria
Maintained:
Tropical Agriculture Research Station
Received by NPGS:
01 Apr 1937
Form Received:
Plant
Life Form:
Tree
Life Habit:
Tree
Source History
Collected
PRE 1936.
Nigeria
Comment:
From the Division of Forest, Ibadan
Donated
1936.
Cienfuegos, Cuba
Donor(s):
Atkins Institution of the Arnold Arboretum
01 April 1937.
District of Columbia, United States
Donor(s):
Division of Plant Exploration and Introduction
Accession Names and Identifiers
Afara
Type: Local name
TARS 3746
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 small withish flowers in elongated spikes as long as the leaves. Native to Tropical Africa." From the Descriptive List of Plants Available for Distribution for the season 1936-1937.
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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