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Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Zaire), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi (Ivory Coast), djansang, essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized R. heudelotii var. heudelotii in Ghana and R. heudelotii var. africanum in Nigeria and westwards.

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  • Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Zaire), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi (Ivory Coast), djansang, essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized R. heudelotii var. heudelotii in Ghana and R. heudelotii var. africanum in Nigeria and westwards. (en)
  • Ricinodendron est un genre de plante de la famille des Euphorbiaceae décrit en 1864 par Müll.Arg.. À l'heure actuelle, il ne comprend qu'une seule espèce (Ricinodendron heudelotii), originaire d'Afrique tropicale, dont la distribution géographique va du Sénégal et du Liberia au Soudan, en Tanzanie, au sud au Mozambique et en Angola. (en), appelé Mongongo, avait initialement été considéré comme une espèce de ce genre, mais a été plus tard décrit dans le genre Schinziophyton plus approprié. (fr)
  • Ricinodendron Müll.Arg., 1864 é um género monotípico de plantas com flor integrado na família Euphorbiaceae, cuja única espécie validamente descrita é Ricinodendron heudelotii, conhecida por njangsa, com distribuição natural na África tropical, desde o Senegal e a Libéria até ao Sudão, Tanzânia, Moçambique e Angola. (pt)
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  • Ricinodendron (en)
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  • Müll. Arg. (en)
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  • heudelotii (en)
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  • LC (en)
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  • IUCN3.1 (en)
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  • *Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. africanum ( J.Léonard) *Ricinodendron heudelotii var. tomentellum ( Radcl.-Sm.) (en)
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  • Subspecies and varieties (en)
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  • *Barrettia (Sim) *Jatropha heudelotii (Baill.) *Ricinodendron africanum (Müll.Arg.) *Ricinodendron gracilius (Mildbr.) *Barrettia umbrosa (Sim) *Ricinodendron tomentellum (Hutch. & E.A.Bruce) *Ricinodendron schliebenii (Mildbr.) Ricinodendron heudelotii subsp. heudelotii (en)
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  • Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Zaire), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi (Ivory Coast), djansang, essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized R. heudelotii var. heudelotii in Ghana and R. heudelotii var. africanum in Nigeria and westwards. (en)
  • Ricinodendron est un genre de plante de la famille des Euphorbiaceae décrit en 1864 par Müll.Arg.. À l'heure actuelle, il ne comprend qu'une seule espèce (Ricinodendron heudelotii), originaire d'Afrique tropicale, dont la distribution géographique va du Sénégal et du Liberia au Soudan, en Tanzanie, au sud au Mozambique et en Angola. (en), appelé Mongongo, avait initialement été considéré comme une espèce de ce genre, mais a été plus tard décrit dans le genre Schinziophyton plus approprié. (fr)
  • Ricinodendron Müll.Arg., 1864 é um género monotípico de plantas com flor integrado na família Euphorbiaceae, cuja única espécie validamente descrita é Ricinodendron heudelotii, conhecida por njangsa, com distribuição natural na África tropical, desde o Senegal e a Libéria até ao Sudão, Tanzânia, Moçambique e Angola. (pt)
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  • Ricinodendron (fr)
  • Ricinodendron (en)
  • Ricinodendron (pt)
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