Category Archives: Putranjivaceae

Putranjivaceae

Drypetes inaequalis

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Drypetes inaequalis


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Hutchinson


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 382


Vouchers

de Wilde 3781 (WAG); Stoop – v.d. Kasteele 217 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Small understory tree, possibly favoring mountainous sites. Leaf base asymmetric.

Drypetes singroboensis

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Drypetes singroboensis


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Shrub


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia (likely to occur)


IUCN Red-List

Vulnerable


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Aké Assi


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

BJBB 30: 397


Vouchers

-


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Found in the SW corner of Ivory Coast, Sassandra region, but not in Liberia.

Drypetes klainei

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Drypetes klainei


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Pierre ex Pax


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 381


Vouchers

Jongkind


Common Name(s)

Peebah/ Perbia/ Pebiah (Sapo) Twenbel (Sapo)


Notes

Tree to 25 m with cylindrical bole and smooth bark with slight hoops; slash white. Leaves very small; Ivory Coast, recorded in Liberia from the Sapo forest. The leaves look somewhat like those of a common shrub, Dicranolepis disticha..

Drypetes chevalieri

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Drypetes chevalieri


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Beille


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 382


Vouchers

Jansen 1485 (WAG); Jongkind 6512 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Small understory tree; twigs with yellow or orange, spreading hairs. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, asymmetric base and dentate margin; 5 – 8 pairs of laterals.

Drypetes principum

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Drypetes principum


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

(Muell.Arg.) Hutch.


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 381


Vouchers

Blyden 2105 (K); Goll 57 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Small tree; slash not very scented and not very hot to taste. Slash with brown to orange inner bark. Fruits velvety hairy, 10 – 15 mm Ø, with white pulp, often in clusters.

Drypetes gilgiana

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Drypetes gilgiana


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

(Pax) Pax & K.Hoffm.


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 382


Vouchers

de Koning 445 (WAG); de Wilde 3728 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Small understory tree; bud scales persistent at base of season’s growth. Leaf base unequal-sided.

Drypetes floribunda

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Drypetes floribunda


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia (likely to occur)


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

(Muell.Arg.) Hutch


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 381


Vouchers

-


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

One of the few Drypetes species that inhabit savanna regions north of the forest zone; small tree or sarmentose shrub; wood very hard.

Drypetes afzelii

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Drypetes afzelii


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Vulnerable


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

(Pax) Hutch


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 382


Vouchers

Versteegh 796 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Shrub or small tree to 10 m of the evergreen forest, resembling D. aylmeri. Locally (Nimba) abundant, and up to 30 cm diam.Leaves simple, alternate, with only a few laterals.

Drypetes ivorensis

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Drypetes ivorensis


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Shrub


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Liberia


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Hutch. & Dalziel


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 381


Vouchers

Jongkind 6617 (WAG); van Harten 317 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Little branched shrub, rarely more than 3 m; leaves simple, alternate, with few laterals. cauliflorous.

Drypetes aylmeri

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Drypetes aylmeri


Putranjivaceae


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Habit

Tree


Fern

No


Predominant Habitat

Forest


Geographic Distribution

Upper Guinean Forest


IUCN Red-List

Not assessed


Synonyms

-


Author (Species)

Hutch. & Dalziel


Rank

-


Taxon

-


Author (Sub Species/Variant)

-


Literature

FWTA 1: 381


Vouchers

Jongkind 5610 (WAG); Voorhoeve 3390 (WAG)


Common Name(s)

Not Known


Notes

Can grow into a medium-sized tree in the evergreen forest. Leaves simple, alternate, leaf margin strongly recurved; only 3 – 6 laterals. See also PROTA database.Can grow into a medium-sized tree in the evergreen forest. Leaves simple, alternate, leaf margin strongly recurved; only 3 – 6 laterals. See also PROTA database.