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Bastard Wild Rubber
Funtumia africana
Funtumia africana is a tree within the family Apocynaceae, it is one of two species within the genus Funtumia.
From the article Funtumia africana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Tree can grow up to 30 meters high but usually smaller, trunk is straight, cylindrical and may sometimes have buttress roots, smooth bark, greenish-brown to grey in colour with soft - light wood properties. Leaves, simple, opposite arrangement, glabrous, leathery surface, petiole 3 - 15 mm. Leaf-blade, elliptical to ovate in outline, size, 5 x 32 cm long and 1.7 x 17 cm wide, acuminate apex, cuneate at the base; lamina coriaceous, 8 - 14 pairs of lateral veins. Creamy - yellow, fragrant flower, Fruits, grey - brown and usually fusiform shaped,
Range & habitat
Occurs in the forest zones of Lower and Upper Guinea and southwards up to Mozambique.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
In medicine
Latex used as an ingredient for arrow poison by the Guere people of Ivory Coast, latex extracts obtained from the species can be used to produce birdlime but useless as a rubber. Other extracts from the species are used to treat burns and incontinence. Wood is used to produce cheap furniture.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Traditional use”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 133519.