Anthocleista grandiflora Gilg GRIN-Global

Summary

Genus:

Anthocleista

Family:

Gentianaceae

Tribe:

Potalieae

Subtribe:

Potaliinae

Nomen number:

465933

Place of publication:

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 17:582. 1893

Verified:

10/24/2012 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)

Anthocleista zambesiaca Baker

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Reference(s)

PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques & South African National Biodiversity Institute. African flowering plants database (on-line resource).
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds. 2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
van Wyk, B. & P. van Wyk. 1997. Field guide to trees of southern Africa
Wursten, B. et al. Flora of Zimbabwe (on-line resource).

Common names

English
forest big-leaf –
forest fever-tree –
Afrikaans
Boskoorsboom –
Swahili
mkungu-maji –
mtambuu-mwitu –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Kenya
1	Native	Africa	East Tropical Africa	Uganda
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Mozambique
1	Native	Africa	South Tropical Africa	Zimbabwe
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Eswatini
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	Namibia
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Limpopo
1	Native	Africa	Southern Africa	South Africa	Mpumalanga
1	Native	Africa	West-Central Tropical Africa	Democratic Republic of the Congo
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Comoros
1	Native	Africa	Western Indian Ocean	Madagascar
2	Cultivated					also cult.

Native
Africa

EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Uganda
WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Democratic Republic of the Congo
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa [Limpopo, Mpumalanga]
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar

Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Reference
Environmental	ornamental	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Materials	wood	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Medicines	folklore	PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).