Taxon:  Caloncoba echinata (Oliv.) Gilg



Summary
Genus:
Caloncoba
Family:
Achariaceae
Nomen number:
70143
Place of publication:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 40:464.  1908
Verified:
11/06/1985 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Oncoba echinata Oliv.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
  2. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  3. Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257. Note: = Oncoba echinata Oliv.
  4. Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953-1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2.
  5. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
  6. Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
  7. Mansfeld, R. 1959. Die Kulturpflanze, Beiheft 2.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Frenchgorli  2Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia  Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria s.w.Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
2CultivatedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia w.Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
Native
Africa
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria (s.w.), Sierra Leone
Cultivated
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India (w.)

Reference(s)
  1. Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6
  2. Hul, S. & F. J. Breteler. 1997. Réductions génériques dans les Oncobeae (Flacourtiaceae). Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia 19:257.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Burkill, H. M. 1985-2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa.
Medicinesfolklore Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=70143. Accessed 17 April 2026.