Pausinystalia lane-poolei
Rubiaceae
Habit
Tree
Fern
No
Predominant Habitat
Forest
Geographic Distribution
Upper Guinean Forest
IUCN Red-List
Not assessed
Synonyms
-
Rank
ssp.
Taxon
lane-poolei
Literature
B.J.Linn.Soc. 120: 310
Vouchers
Bos 2770 (WAG); Voorhoeve 133 (WAG)
Common Name(s)
Tobotueh (Sapo)
Notes
A medium-sized tree of the rainforest, up to 25 m and 60 cm. Ø; bole straight but angular, with characteristic rounded pits in the bark. Twigs with conspicuous scars at nodes but stipules absent (type 0). Slash reddish, thick, and fibrous, with bitter brown exudate. Leaves simple, opposite, pit domatia present; venation lax scalariform. See also PROTA database.