Blighia welwitschii
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| Internal ID | UUID64400d4110865794922013 |
| Scientific name | Blighia welwitschii |
| Authority | (Hiern) Radlk. |
| First published in | Pflanzenr. , IV, 165: 1146 (1933) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Common products:
- Sawn timber for construction, furniture, and interior joinery.
- Ripe fruit arils harvested after cooking for use in regional stews and sauces.
Industrial and craft applications:
- The wood is employed as structural timber (poles, posts, beams) and for tool handles because of its moderate hardness and straight grain.
- Bark bast fibers are traditionally turned into rope, cordage, and coarse woven goods.
Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
- The arillate fruit is boiled, roasted, or fried before consumption; it is incorporated into dishes in parts of Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of Congo (e.g., added to “ndole” stews or eaten as a roasted side dish).
- No further food or beverage products are widely documented for this species.
Wood and fiber:
- The timber is a medium‑density hardwood with an air‑dry density of approximately 0.70 g cm⁻³, a fine, straight grain, and good dimensional stability; radial shrinkage is about 3 % and tangential shrinkage about 6 %.
- The bast fibers contain a high proportion of cellulose and a low lignin content, providing sufficient tensile strength for rope production.
Properties relevant to use:
- The wood’s lignin content (≈ 25 % of dry weight) contributes to natural durability and resistance to decay, making it suitable for exterior applications when protected.
- The fruit arils contain soluble sugars and starches that gelatinise upon cooking, yielding a soft texture suitable for culinary preparation.
Standards and regulation:
- Timber must meet national building‑code specifications (e.g., density testing per ISO 3120) and may be certified under forest‑product schemes such as FSC.
- Edible fruit products must comply with national food‑safety regulations and, where applicable, Codex Alimentarius guidelines for fresh produce.
Sustainability and sourcing:
- The species is relatively widespread in central African forest mosaics, but local over‑harvesting of both timber and fruit has been reported.
- Sustainable management includes selective logging, community‑based fruit harvesting, and the promotion of natural regeneration or planting to maintain populations.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
|---|---|---|
| Phialodiscus welwitschii | Hiern | Cat. Afr. Pl. 1: 171 (1896) |
| Phialodiscus bancoensis | Aubrév. & Pellegr. | Bull. Soc. Bot. France 85: 291 (1938) |
| Phialodiscus mortehanii | De Wild. | Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 4: 361 (1914) |
| Blighia kamerunensis | Radlk. | Pflanzenr. , IV, 165: 1145 (1933) |
| Blighia laurentii | De Wild. | Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 3: 113 (1909) |
| Blighia mildbraedii | Radlk. | Wiss. Erg. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 480 (1912) |
| Blighia wildemaniana | Gilg ex De Wild. & Radlk. | Pflanzenr. (Engler) Sapindac. 1145, descr. 1933 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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East Tropical Africa
- Uganda
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Northeast Tropical Africa
- Sudan
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South Tropical Africa
- Angola
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West Tropical Africa
- Benin
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Ivory Coast
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Sierra Leone
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West-central Tropical Africa
- Cabinda
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Congo
- Gabon
- Zaïre
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East Tropical Africa
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000566875 |
| Tropicos | 28601308 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:782154-1 |
| The Plant List | kew-2677577 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 5748053 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1194991 |
| IUCN Red List | 146420535 |
| IPNI | 782154-1 |
| GBIF | 3788154 |
| CMAUP | NPO6746 |
| Wikipedia | En.wikipedia.org |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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| Name | PubChem ID | Canonical SMILES | MW | Found in | Proof |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| > Benzenoids / Phenol ethers / Aminophenyl ethers | |||||
| 2,4,6-Trimethoxyaniline | 84271 | Click to see COC1=CC(=C(C(=C1)OC)N)OC | 183.20 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Iridoid O-glycosides | |||||
| Plumieride | 72319 | Click to see CC(C1=CC2(C=CC3C2C(OC=C3C(=O)OC)OC4C(C(C(C(O4)CO)O)O)O)OC1=O)O | 470.40 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene lactones | |||||
| (1S,4S,8R,10S,11S,14S)-11-ethyl-12-oxo-7,9,13-trioxatetracyclo[6.5.1.01,10.04,14]tetradeca-2,5-diene-5-carboxylic acid | 38348951 | Click to see | 278.26 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Allamandin | 5281540 | Click to see CC=C1C2C3(C=CC4C3C(O2)OC(C4C(=O)OC)O)OC1=O | 308.28 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Isoplumericin | 5281543 | Click to see CC=C1C2C3(C=CC4C3C(O2)OC=C4C(=O)OC)OC1=O | 290.27 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| methyl (1S,4S,8R,10S,11S,14S)-11-ethyl-12-oxo-7,9,13-trioxatetracyclo[6.5.1.01,10.04,14]tetradeca-2,5-diene-5-carboxylate | 95790359 | Click to see CCC1C2C3(C=CC4C3C(O2)OC=C4C(=O)OC)OC1=O | 292.28 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Plumericin | 5281545 | Click to see | 290.27 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Plumeridoid C | 123964288 | Click to see | 310.30 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids | |||||
| (4aS,6aS,6aS,6bR,8aS,9R,10S,12aR,14bS)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6S)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S,6R)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,5-dihydroxy-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | 162883424 | Click to see | 1177.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0008-6215(89)84151-5 |
| 10-[3-[4-[5-[3,5-Dihydroxy-4-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3,4-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3,5-dihydroxy-6-methyloxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5-dihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-2,2,6a,6b,9,12a-hexamethyl-1,3,4,5,6,6a,7,8,8a,10,11,12,13,14b-tetradecahydropicene-4a-carboxylic acid | 162883423 | Click to see CC1C(C(C(C(O1)OC2C(C(COC2OC3CCC4(C(C3(C)CO)CCC5(C4CC=C6C5(CCC7(C6CC(CC7)(C)C)C(=O)O)C)C)C)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)OC9C(C(C(CO9)O)OC1C(C(C(CO1)O)O)O)O)O)O)O | 1177.30 | unknown | https://doi.org/10.1016/0008-6215(89)84151-5 |
| Arjunolic acid | 73641 | Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CC(C(C5(C)CO)O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C(=O)O)C | 488.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Beta-Amyrin Acetate | 92156 | Click to see | 468.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Betulinic Acid | 64971 | Click to see | 456.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Lupeol | 259846 | Click to see CC(=C)C1CCC2(C1C3CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C | 426.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Lupeol Acetate | 92157 | Click to see | 468.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Cycloartanols and derivatives | |||||
| (1S,3R,6S,8R,11S,12S,15R,16R)-15-[(2R,5R)-5-hydroxy-6-methylhept-6-en-2-yl]-7,7,12,16-tetramethylpentacyclo[9.7.0.01,3.03,8.012,16]octadecan-6-ol | 14313591 | Click to see | 442.70 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Steroids and steroid derivatives / Stigmastanes and derivatives | |||||
| Sitogluside | 5742590 | Click to see CCC(CCC(C)C1CCC2C1(CCC3C2CC=C4C3(CCC(C4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)C)C)C(C)C | 576.80 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Benzoquinones / P-benzoquinones | |||||
| 2,6-Dimethoxyquinone | 68262 | Click to see COC1=CC(=O)C=C(C1=O)OC | 168.15 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organic oxygen compounds / Organooxygen compounds / Carbonyl compounds / Phenylketones / Alkyl-phenylketones | |||||
| Paroxypropione | 6271 | Click to see CCC(=O)C1=CC=C(C=C1)O | 150.17 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyrans / Pyranones and derivatives | |||||
| Fulvoplumierin | 5281541 | Click to see CC=CC=C1C=CC2=C1C(=O)OC=C2C(=O)OC | 244.24 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organoheterocyclic compounds / Pyridines and derivatives | |||||
| (7S)-3'-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]spiro[5,6-dihydrocyclopenta[c]pyridine-7,5'-furan]-2'-one | 45101897 | Click to see | 231.25 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Organoheterocyclic compounds / Quinolizines | |||||
| Plumerinine | 14583329 | Click to see CC1CCC(N2C1CC(CC2C(C)C)O)C | 225.37 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Cinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids and derivatives / Hydroxycinnamic acids | |||||
| P-Coumaric Acid | 637542 | Click to see | 164.16 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Coumarins and derivatives / Hydroxycoumarins / 7-hydroxycoumarins | |||||
| Scopoletin | 5280460 | Click to see | 192.17 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavones / Flavonols | |||||
| Kaempferol | 5280863 | Click to see | 286.24 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / Flavonoid glycosides / Flavonoid O-glycosides | |||||
| (2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-2-[[(2R,3S)-3-hydroxy-2-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-3,4-dihydro-2H-chromen-5-yl]oxy]-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxane-3,4,5-triol | 14757896 | Click to see | 510.50 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| > Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Flavonoids / O-methylated flavonoids / 7-O-methylated flavonoids | |||||
| 3',5-Dihydroxy-4',7-dimethoxyflavone | 5320496 | Click to see | 314.29 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
| Ayanin | 5280682 | Click to see | 344.30 | unknown | via CMAUP database |
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