Simaroubaceae
Brucea

Brucea antidysenterica J.F.Mill.

First published in Icon. Anim. Pl.: t. 25 (1779)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Guinea, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Exell, A.W., Fernandes, A. & Wild, H. (eds.) (1963). Flora Zambesiaca 2(1): 1-351. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Gosline, G., Bidault, E., van der Burgt, X., Cahen, D., Challen, G., Condé, N., Couch, C., Couvreur, T.L.P., Dagallier, L.M.J., Darbyshire, I., Dawson, S., Doré, T.S., Goyder, D., Grall, A., Haba, P., Haba, P., Harris, D., Hind, D.J.N., Jongkind, & al. (2023). A Taxonomically-verified and Vouchered Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Republic of Guinea. Nature, scientific data 10, Article number: 327: [1]-[12].
  • Govaerts, R. (1996). World Checklist of Seed Plants 2(1, 2): 1-492. MIM, Deurne.
  • Hedberg, I. & Edwards, S. (eds.) (1989 publ. 1990). Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea 3: 1-659. The National Herbarium, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia & The Department of Systematic Botany, Upps.
  • Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. & Keay, R.W.J. (1954-1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 1-828.
  • Kalema, J. & Beentje, H. (2012). Conservation checklist of the trees of Uganda: 1-235. Kew Publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Stannard, B. (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Simaroubaceae: 1-14.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Darbyshire, I., Kordofani, M., Farag, I., Candiga, R. & Pickering, H. (eds.) (2015). The Plants of Sudan and South Sudan: 1-400. Kew publishing, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  • Stannard, B. (2000). Flora of Tropical East Africa, Simaroubaceae: 1-14.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1983). Flora du Rwanda 2: 1-603. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.
  • Wood, J.R.I. (1997). A handbook of the Yemen Flora: 1-434. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Flora of Tropical East Africa

  • Battiscombe & Dale, Trees and Shrubs of Kenya Colony p. 100 (1936).
  • Beentje, Kenya Trees, Shrubs and Lianas p. 374, fig. on 375 (1994).
  • Burtt Davy, Check-lists For. Trees & Shrubs Brit. Emp. 1, Uganda: 112 (1935).
  • Cufod., Enumeratio Plantarum Aethiopiae Spermatophyta (Supplement in Bull. Jard. Bot. Brux.) p. 374 (1956).
  • Dale & Greenway, Kenya Trees and Shrubs p. 535 (1961).
  • Engl. in A. Engler & K. Prantl, Die Natürlischen Pflanzenfamilien, ed. 2, 19a: 386, fig. 179/a–e (1931).
  • Engl. in Die Pflanzenwelt Ost-Afrikas und der Nachbargebiete, Theile C: 227 (1895).
  • Engl. in Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Zentral-Afrika-Expedition 1907-1908, 2 (Botanik) p. 427 (1912).
  • Exell & Mendonça, Consp. Fl. Angol. 1: 277 (1951).
  • F. White, Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia p. 172 (1962).
  • G.C.C. Gilbert in Flore du Congo Belge et du Ruanda-Urundi, 7: 129 (1958).
  • J.F. Mill., Ic. Anim. Pl., t. 25 (1779).
  • J.P.M. Brenan, Check-lists of the Forest Trees and Shrubs of the British Empire no. 5, part II, Tanganyika Territory p. 572 (1949).
  • Keay, Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 1: 692 (1958).
  • Lebrun, Ess. For. Rég. Mont. Congo Orient.: 104 (1935).
  • Oliv. in Flora of Tropical Africa 1: 309 (1868).
  • Robyns, Flore des Spermatophytes du Parc National Albert 1: 415 (1948).
  • Stannard in Fl. Eth. 3: 440, fig. 122/2.2 (1990).
  • W.J. Eggeling, Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate, ed. 2: 408 (1952).
  • Wild & Journal of Botany Phipps in Flora Zambesiaca 2: 212, t. 38 (1963).

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2008 Pollard, B.J. [1387] Cameroon K000580026 No
Oct 1, 2008 Onana, J.-M. [3623] Cameroon K000580043 Yes
Sep 1, 2008 Tchiengue, B. [2166] Cameroon K000008157 No
Nov 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1855] Cameroon K000746346 No
Nov 1, 2003 Etuge, M. [4739] Cameroon K000746344 No
Nov 1, 2003 Onana, J.-M. [1855] Cameroon K000746345 No
Dec 1, 2000 Etuge, M. [2294] Cameroon K000337607 No
Feb 1, 1999 Onana, J.-M. [555 A] Cameroon K000337608 No
Jan 1, 1993 Thomas, D.W. [9426] Cameroon K000540281 No
Tchiengue, B.; Simo, P.; Tadjouteu, F.; Geraldo [1972] Cameroon K001562171 Yes
Drummond, R.B.; Hemsley, J.H. [1236] Kenya K:SPC-16457.000 No
Mann, G. [1188] Cameroon K000094117 No
Maitland, T.D. [1588] Cameroon K000094121 No
Tanzania K:SPC-16030.000 No
Ash, J.W. [113] Ethiopia K000426129 Yes
Christenhusz, M.J.M.,, Kamau, P., Mbale, M.; Chase, M.W. [6618] Kenya K000696651 No
Mann, G. [1188] Cameroon K000094116 No
Friss; Aweke, G; Rasmussen, F; Vollesen, K. [1509] Ethiopia K000426128 Yes
Meyer, F.G. [7971b] Ethiopia K000426127 Yes

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