Accession Data

Marantochloa leucantha

Common Name: Yoruba Soft Cane

Family: Marantaceae

Country of Origin: Trop. Africa

Uses: Marantochloa leucantha is widely used in African traditional medicine.3

The stems are often used for plaiting mats, baskets and traps. They are also used in fences, as a binding material in hut-building, and as base material for building mud walls.3

Accession Data

Accession #: 200201704

Accession Date: 2002-05-09 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1112

Quantity: 3

Source: Smith College Index Seminum 2001

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: commelinids

Order: Zingiberales

Family: Marantaceae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  3. Kémeuzé, V.A., 2011. Marantochloa leucantha (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh. In: Brink, M. & Achigan-Dako, E.G. (Editors). Prota 16: Fibres/Plantes à fibres. [CD-Rom]. PROTA, Wageningen, Netherlands. Last accessed Tuesday, 13 November, 2018.
  4. Images #00 (cropped) & #01 (original) from Cambridge Database of Natural Spectra. Last accessed on Friday, 21 February, 2020.

Images

Marantochloa leucantha