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Antiaris toxicaria - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Antiaris toxicaria - Upper and lower surface of the asymmetric leaves - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of the asymmetric leaves; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Antiaris toxicaria - Twig - Click to enlarge!

Twig; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Antiaris toxicaria - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 5/2007 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Internal reference: 958
Date of entry: 21.10.2008
Last update: 23.05.2014

Common name

German: Afrikanischer Upasbaum

Mandarin: 见血封喉 (jian xue feng hou)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2514)

  Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2413)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2044)

      Order: Urticales (41)

        Family: Moraceae (26) (family description)

          Genus: Antiaris (1)

           Epithet: toxicaria (1)

             Subspecies: africana (Engl.) C.C.Berg

Synonym: Antiaris innoxia Blume

africana => of African origin

innoxia => without prickles, harmless

toxicaria => poisonous

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, beige

External links

Check for Antiaris toxicaria at World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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