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Strychnos Icaja
''Strychnos icaja'' is a species belonging to the plant family Loganiaceae, native to West Tropical Africa. It is a very large, tropical rainforest liana which may attain a length of . Taxonomy The species was published in the journal ''Adansonia'' by Henri Ernest Baillon in the year 1879. Common names Vernacular names in the various languages of Ubangi include ''mbondo'' in the Bantu language Lissongo, ''kpwili'' in Mbwaka and ''mbondo'' ou ''boundou'' in various other Bantu languages spoken in Gabon and the Democratic Republic of Congo.Chevalier, Auguste "Les Plantes-poisons de l'Oubangui et du Moyen Congo", ''Revue internationale de Botanique Appliquée & d'Agriculture Tropicale'' Year 31 (1951) May–June no. 343-344, Études et Dossiers, p.252 section III ''Autres Végetaux Poisons de l'Oubangui'' subsection B. Description A very large and stout liana, the trunk 10-15 cm in diameter snaking over the ground for some distance before climbing into the trees to a heigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Ernest Baillon
Henri Ernest Baillon was a French botanist and physician. He was born in Calais on 30 November 1827 and died in Paris on 19 July 1895. Baillon spent his professional life as a professor of natural history, and he published numerous works on botany. He was appointed to the Légion d'honneur in 1867 and joined the Royal Society in 1894. Baillon put together the "Dictionnaire de botanique", for which Auguste Faguet produced the wood engravings. The plant genus '' Baillonia'' (family Verbenaceae) was named in his honor by Henri Théophile Bocquillon Henri Théophile Bocquillon (5 June 1834, Crugny – 15 May 1884, Paris) was a French botanist. In Paris, he successively worked as an instructor at the Lycée Napoleon (from 1858), Lycée Louis-le-Grand (from 1862), Lycée Henri-IV (from 186 .... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |