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Taxon:
Telfairia occidentalis
Hook. f.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Telfairia
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Joliffieae
Nomen number:
80125
Place of publication:
D. Oliver, Fl. trop. Afr. 2:524. 1871
Verified:
03/04/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Burkill, H. M.
The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
Duke, J. A.
Handbook of Nuts. CRC Press. 1989
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=Telfairia+occidentalis&quantity=1
Huxley, A., ed.
The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952-
Walters, S. M. et al., eds.
European garden flora. 1986-
Whitake, T. W.
1990. Cucurbits of potential economic importance. Biology and utilization of the Cucurbitaceae. 1990 322.
PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
http://www.prota4u.info/
Common names
English
fluted gourd –
Reference(s)
fluted-pumpkin –
Reference(s)
oysternut –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Uganda
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Angola
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Ghana
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Nigeria
1
Native
Africa
West Tropical Africa
Sierra Leone
Native
Africa
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Uganda
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola
WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ghana
,
Nigeria
,
Sierra Leone
Economic Uses
Human food
Materials
lipids (for soap and candle making fide Eur Gard F) –
Reference(s)
Name
References
Economic Uses