Taxon:
Chrysophyllum albidum G. Don
Summary
Place of publication:
Gen. hist. 4:32. 1837
Verified:
10/04/1994
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
- Facciola, S. Cornucopia, a source book of edible plants. 1990 Note: Kampong Publications
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). Note: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Chrysophyllum+albidum&quantity=1
- Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Sapotaceae. 2001 http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1963. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972 2:27.
- Keay, R. W. J. Trees of Nigeria. 1989
- Kunkel, G. Plants for human consumption. 1984
- Pennington, T. D. The genera of the Sapotaceae. 1991
- Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Common names
English
white star-apple –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | s. |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Benin | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Ghana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Sierra Leone | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Cameroon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Sudan (s.)
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Cameroon, Gabon, Zaire
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
wood (fide Ency WTimber; F TE Afr) –