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Pentadesma butyracea Sabine

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Sabine. (1824). In: Trans. Hort. Soc. London 5: 457.

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Magnoliopsida
order
Malpighiales
family
Clusiaceae
genus
Pentadesma
species
Pentadesma butyracea

Name

Synonyms
Pentadesma kerstingii Engl. ex Volkens
Pentadesma lecomteana Pierre
Pentadesma lecomteana Pierre ex A.Chev.
Pentadesma leptonema Pierre
Pentadesma leptonema var. klainei Pierre
Pentadesma leptonema var. klainei Pierre ex A.Chev.
Pentadesma leucantha A.Chev.
Pentadesma nigritana Baker fil.
Pentadesma ogoouensis Baudon
Pentadesma parviflora Exell
Homonyms
Pentadesma butyracea Sabine
Common names
arbre à beurre in French
arbre à chandelle in French
butter tree in English
buttertree in English
kanya in English
lami in French
mamão in Portuguese
mata-passo in Portuguese
pangi ya mungadila in language.
pau-ová in Portuguese
talgträd in Swedish
tallowtree in English
Buttertree in English
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