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Nauclea_diderrichii
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild and Th. Dur.) Merrill. Journ. Washington Acad. Sc.5: 535 (1915)
Synonym: Sarcocephalus diderrichii De Wild. and Th. Dur Common name: Bilinga Local names: Bakoko: ekang. Bakui: ikaka. Bassa: ikan-lip-an. Boki: ochi kaneroung. Boulou: akodok. Douala: moukonja my moundi. Ewondo: akondok. Fang: aloma. Ibo: oubourou. Mabéa: bié. Pygmy Bagielli: fell. Pygmy Baka: lingui, mosayouri. Vouted: medjeh.
Origin, geographical distribution and ecology
Species from tropical Africa, distributed from Sierra Leone to Cabinda and Uganda. It is disseminated throughout the forest zone in Cameroon except in the mountains. Description Tree up to 40 m tall and 150 cm in diameter; base with serifs or small buttresses up to 1 m maximum; bole straight, cylindrical, narrow crown, dense, often horizontal and stepped branches; bark light gray, or orange-brownish, longitudinally fissured, with oblong streaks, bitter; slice 1.5-2 cm thick, fibrous, yellow then reddish-brown. Leaves simple opposite, persistent; elliptical limbs, up to 20 x 10 cm, much larger in young, leathery, largely acuminate individuals at the apex; petiole thick, 2-3 cm long; foliose, obovate-oblong, large, up to 2.5 x 1.5 cm, persistent. Terminal inflorescences in globular capitula, up to 3 cm in diameter. Yellowish-white flowers, small up to 8 mm in length; hermaphrodites; ovary with 2 boxes. Fruits: fleshy, globose, up to 5 cm in diameter, yellow-orange, hollowed out of polygonal cells, formed of very many small fruits strictly speaking. Seeds: numerous, tiny, about 1 mm long, brown, embedded in an orange fibrous pulp. Flowering extended from May to July until November. Fruiting from May to June, November to January.
Variability and conservation of the resource
The fruits used come mainly from the natural population. Harvesting is not always done according to good practices to ensure the conservation of the diversity of the species. In addition, timber harvesting by forest companies reduces the potential that should be filled by the development of existing concessions.
Agronomy
The fruits are fake fleshy fruits containing many seeds. To extract the seeds from the pulp one crushes the fruit after soaking or not in water, then sieves after drying. The tiny seeds, sown in germ-sprout, rise quickly, after 2 to 3 weeks. The germination rate is high. Regeneration is ensured by seed germination. The growth of the young plant is fast. uses The parts of the tree whose uses are known are the fruit and the wood. The fruit pulp is edible when ripe. It is eaten crushed or dried mixed with cola, salt and pepper, to accompany the corn beer (Vivien and Faure, 1995). The bark is used to treat measles (Ndoye et al., 1998). Wood is very popular in both national and international markets.
Synonym: Sarcocephalus diderrichii De Wild. and Th. Dur Common name: Bilinga Local names: Bakoko: ekang. Bakui: ikaka. Bassa: ikan-lip-an. Boki: ochi kaneroung. Boulou: akodok. Douala: moukonja my moundi. Ewondo: akondok. Fang: aloma. Ibo: oubourou. Mabéa: bié. Pygmy Bagielli: fell. Pygmy Baka: lingui, mosayouri. Vouted: medjeh.
Origin, geographical distribution and ecology
Species from tropical Africa, distributed from Sierra Leone to Cabinda and Uganda. It is disseminated throughout the forest zone in Cameroon except in the mountains. Description Tree up to 40 m tall and 150 cm in diameter; base with serifs or small buttresses up to 1 m maximum; bole straight, cylindrical, narrow crown, dense, often horizontal and stepped branches; bark light gray, or orange-brownish, longitudinally fissured, with oblong streaks, bitter; slice 1.5-2 cm thick, fibrous, yellow then reddish-brown. Leaves simple opposite, persistent; elliptical limbs, up to 20 x 10 cm, much larger in young, leathery, largely acuminate individuals at the apex; petiole thick, 2-3 cm long; foliose, obovate-oblong, large, up to 2.5 x 1.5 cm, persistent. Terminal inflorescences in globular capitula, up to 3 cm in diameter. Yellowish-white flowers, small up to 8 mm in length; hermaphrodites; ovary with 2 boxes. Fruits: fleshy, globose, up to 5 cm in diameter, yellow-orange, hollowed out of polygonal cells, formed of very many small fruits strictly speaking. Seeds: numerous, tiny, about 1 mm long, brown, embedded in an orange fibrous pulp. Flowering extended from May to July until November. Fruiting from May to June, November to January.
Variability and conservation of the resource
The fruits used come mainly from the natural population. Harvesting is not always done according to good practices to ensure the conservation of the diversity of the species. In addition, timber harvesting by forest companies reduces the potential that should be filled by the development of existing concessions.
Agronomy
The fruits are fake fleshy fruits containing many seeds. To extract the seeds from the pulp one crushes the fruit after soaking or not in water, then sieves after drying. The tiny seeds, sown in germ-sprout, rise quickly, after 2 to 3 weeks. The germination rate is high. Regeneration is ensured by seed germination. The growth of the young plant is fast. uses The parts of the tree whose uses are known are the fruit and the wood. The fruit pulp is edible when ripe. It is eaten crushed or dried mixed with cola, salt and pepper, to accompany the corn beer (Vivien and Faure, 1995). The bark is used to treat measles (Ndoye et al., 1998). Wood is very popular in both national and international markets.