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Taxon: Warburgia ugandensis Sprague

 
Genus: Warburgia
Family: Canellaceae
Nomen number: 455922
Place of publication: J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37:498. 1906
Link to protologue:
Comment: valid publication verified from original literature
Name Verified on: 18-birž.-2008 by ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions: 0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System

Common names:

  • East African greenbark  (Source: Ecocrop) - English
  • pepper-bark-tree  (Source: Ecocrop) - English
  • masuko  (Source: J Linn SB) - Africa (Uganda)
  • befti  (Source: F Ethiop) - unknown
  • muthiga  (Source: Ecocrop) - unknown (Africa)
  • ol-msogoni  (Source: Ecocrop) - unknown (Africa)

Economic Importance:

  • Materials: wood
  • Medicines: folklore

Distributional Range:

    Native

    Africa
    • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
    • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
    • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
    • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Malawi


References:

  1. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource). URL: http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Warburgia+ugandensis&quantity=1 target='_blank'
  2. Friis, I. 1992. Forests and forest trees of Northeast Tropical Africa Note: distinct from Warburgia salutaris, which is restricted to coastal areas
  3. Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards. 1989-. Flora of Ethiopia Note: Eritrea added in 2000
  4. Palmer, E. & N. Pitman. 1972-1973. Trees of southern Africa. Note: = Warburgia salutaris
  5. Robyns, W. et al., eds. 1948-1963. Flore du Congo belge et du Ruanda-Urundi
  6. Stapf, O. et al. 1906. Plantae novae Daeanae in Uganda lectae. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 37:499-576.
  7. Troupin, G. 1978-. Flore du Rwanda.
  8. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.

Check other web resources for Warburgia ugandensis Sprague :

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Databas of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  • PubAg: USDA's National Agricultural Library database of full-text journal articles and citations on the agricultural sciences.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN-Taxonomy).
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL: https://agb.amvmt.lt/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?id=455922. Accessed 6 rugsėjo 2026.