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Internal ID UUID64405456dbe97924185740
Scientific name Heritiera utilis
Authority (Sprague) Sprague
First published in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 348 (1909)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cola proteiformis A.Chev. Vég. Ut. Afr. Trop. Franç. 5: 250 (1909)
Triplochiton utile Sprague Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 257 (1908)
Tarrietia utilis (Sprague) Sprague Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 85 (1916)
Tarrietia utilis var. laxiflora Pellegr.

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Language Common/alternative name
Akan nyankom
French niangon
Japanese ニヤンゴン
Russian Ниангон
Russian Эритьера полезная

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Sierra Leone

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001228444
Tropicos 50054807
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:823595-1
The Plant List tro-50054807
Open Tree Of Life 3942823
NCBI Taxonomy 2708848
IUCN Red List 33904
IPNI 823595-1
iNaturalist 193314
GBIF 3668686
Freebase /m/02vvbz1
Elurikkus 393353
USDA GRIN 401535
Wikipedia Heritiera_utilis

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Phytochemicals from Pterocarpus angolensis DC and Their Cytotoxic Activities against Breast Cancer Cells Teclegeorgish ZW, Mokgalaka NS, Kemboi D, Krause RW, Siwe-Noundou X, Nyemba GR, Davison C, de la Mare JA, Tembu VJ Plants (Basel) 19-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10818308
doi:10.3390/plants13020301
PMID:38276759
Structure, composition and diversity of restored forest ecosystems on mine-spoils in South-Western Ghana Nero BF PLoS One 14-Jun-2021
PMCID:PMC8202926
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0252371
PMID:34125836
Rainfall seasonality and drought performance shape the distribution of tropical tree species in Ghana Amissah L, Mohren GM, Kyereh B, Agyeman VK, Poorter L Ecol Evol 30-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6144999
doi:10.1002/ece3.4384
PMID:30250725
Pharmacological and Ethnomedicinal Overview of Heritiera fomes: Future Prospects Mahmud I, Islam MK, Saha S, Barman AK, Rahman MM, Anisuzzman M, Rahman T, Al-Nahain A, Jahan R, Rahmatullah M Int Sch Res Notices 21-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4897052
doi:10.1155/2014/938543
PMID:27382611
Biodiversity Mapping in a Tropical West African Forest with Airborne Hyperspectral Data Vaglio Laurin G, Chan JC, Chen Q, Lindsell JA, Coomes DA, Guerriero L, Frate FD, Miglietta F, Valentini R PLoS One 17-Jun-2014
PMCID:PMC4060990
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097910
PMID:24937407

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