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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

Identifier: 958
Date of entry: 21.10.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

German: Afrikanischer Upasbaum

Mandarin: 见血封喉 (jian xue feng hou)

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Rosales (124)

        Family: Moraceae (29)(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

Literature

  • [41] Hawthorne,W. D., Gyakari,N. (2006): Photoguide for the forest trees of Ghana : a tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees. Oxford, UK.

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