Baillonella toxisperma

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Ordo: Ericales

Familia: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Sapotoideae
Tribus: Sapoteae
Genus: Baillonella
Species: Baillonella toxisperma
Name

Baillonella toxisperma Pierre, Notes Bot. Sapot. 1: 14 (1890); not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Dubard (1915: 37) and Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave], but accepted by Hepper (1963: 21), Keay, Onochie & Stanfield (1964: 350), Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002)
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Bassia djave Laness., Pl. Util. Col. Franç.: 837 (1886), nom. inval.; as Bassia-djave; not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Dubard (1915: 37) [cited as Baillonella Djave] and Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave]
Mimusops djave Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 279 (1897); accepted by Perrot (1907: 160), Unwin (1920), Hutchinson & Dalziel (1931: 14) and Staner (1941), but not accepted by Dubard (1915: 37), Perrot (1943:II) [cited as Baillonella Djave], Keay, Onochie & Stanfield (1964: 350) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Mimusops obovata Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam., Nachtr. 1: 279 (1897), nom. illeg., non Mimusops obovata Sond., Linnaea 23: 75 (1850); not accepted by Perrot (1907: 171) [cited as Mimusops Pierreana] and Govaerts, Frodin & Penningron (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Baillonella obovata Pierre ex Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 82 (1904), nom. illeg.; accepted by Dubard (1915: 37), but not accepted by Perrot (1907: 171) [cited as Mimusops Pierreana], Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Type: H. Lecomte 66, 14 January 1894 (MNHN-P-00417459, MNHN-P-00417560).
Type locality: [Congo.] Région de Loango.
Mimusops pierreana Engl., Monogr. Afrik. Pflanzen-Fam. 8: 82 (1904); accepted by Perrot (1907: 171), but not accepted by Dubard (1915: 37) [cited as Baillonella obovata] and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Baillonella djave (Engl.) Pierre ex Dubard, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille, sér. 3, 3: 37 (1915); accepted by Perrot (1943:II), but not accepted by Perrot (1907: 160) [cited as Mimusops Djave], Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Baillonella pierriana (Engl.) A.Chev., Rev. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 127 (1943); not accepted by Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]
Baillonella toxisperma var. obovata Aubrév. & Pellegr., Fl. Gabon 1: 57 (1961); not accepted by Govaerts (1996) and Govaerts, Frodin & Pennington (2001 publ. 2002) [cited as Baillonella toxisperma]

Notes

Perrot (1907: 160) also cited Tieghemella africana Pierre as a synonym of these taxa, but this treatment has been judged to be an error by Mouly & al. (2010). Note that synonymy given by Perrot also included Bassia toxisperma Raoul and Tieghemella jollyana Pierre.
Distribution
Native distribution areas:
References
Primary references

Lanessan, J.M.A. 1886. Les Plantes Utiles des Colonies Francaises. Paris BHL Reference page.
Pierre, L. 1890. Notes botaniques: Sapotacées. Paris: Paul Klincksieck. BHL Reference page.
Dubard, M. 1915. Les Sapotacées du groupe des Sideroxylinées-Mimusopées. Annales du Musée Colonial de Marseille 3e série, 3: 1–62. PDF Reference page.

Additional references

Perrot, E. 1907. Le Karité, l'Argan et quelques autres Sapotacées à graines grasses de l'Afrique. In: Les végétaux utiles de l'Afrique tropicale française, Fasc. 2, A. Challamel, 192 pp. + 2 pl., Paris. Biblioteca Digital Reference page.
Unwin, A.H. 1920. West African Forests and Forestry. 527 pp. T. Fisher Unwin, London. BHL Reference page. [see page 229.]
Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. 1931–1936. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Vol. 2. Crown Agents for the Colonies, London. Google Books. Reference page.
Staner, P. 1941. Bois congolais pour traverses de chemin de fer. Bulletin agricole du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi 32: 322–352. Google Books Reference page. [see page 342.]
Perrot, E. 1943–1944. Matières premières usuelles du règne végétal: thérapeutique - hygiène - industrie. 2 Vols. Paris: Masson. Vol. 1 (Google Books) Vol. 2 (Google Books) Reference page.
Hepper, F.N. (ed.) 1963. Flora of West Tropical Africa, ed. 2, 2. 544 pp. London, United Kingdom: Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Adiministrations. Reference page.
Keay, R.W.J., Onochie, C.F.A. & Stanfield, D.P. 1964. Nigerian Trees. vol. 2. Ibadan: Federal Department of Forestry Research. Google Books Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 1996. World Checklist of Seed Plants, volume 2. MIM, Deurne. 492pp. In two parts. ISBN 90-572-0006-6. Reference page.
Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Mouly, A., Gautier, L., Dupont, J., Chevillotte, H., Guillaumet, J.-L., & Florence, J. 2010. Proposal to conserve Tieghemella Pierre (Sapotaceae) against Tieghemella Berl. & De Toni (Absidiaceae). Taxon 59(5): 1604–1605. DOI: 10.1002/tax.595027 Open access ResearchGate Open access Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Baillonella toxisperma in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 June 24. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2021. Baillonella toxisperma. Published online. Accessed: 24 June 2021.
IUCN: Baillonella toxisperma Pierre (Vulnerable)
Tropicos.org 2021. Baillonella toxisperma. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 24 June 2021.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Baillonella toxisperma in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service.
USDA, NRCS. 2006. The PLANTS Database, 6 March 2006 (http://plants.usda.gov). Data compiled from various sources by Mark W. Skinner. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Vernacular names
English: Moabi, African Pearwood, Djave Nut
Igbo: Oko uku (Keay, Onochie & Stanfield 1964: 350), Ungu (Unwin 1920)
日本語: モアビ