Species on this page ( A = names approved by most authorities, s = approved as synonyms) :
SYNONYM(S) : Jatropha heudelotii Baill., Ricinodendron heudelotii (Baill.) Pierre ex Pax , Ricinodendron tomentellum Hutch. & Bruce
ENGLISH : African nut tree, African wood oil nut tree, Cork wood, Essang nuts, , Ojok nuts, Sanga nuts..
FRENCH : Bois jasanga, Essang.
GERMAN : Afrikanisches Mahagoni.
HAUSA : Wawan kurmi.
JAPANESE : エッスエッスサンド Essessando.
YORUBA : Erinmado, Putu.
OTHERS (unidentified) : Agqui (Ivory Coast), Andjejang (Cameroon), Anwama (Ghana), Bofeko (Zaire), Djansang (Cameroon), Eke (Nigeria), Ekku (Nigeria), Ekok (Equatorial Guinea), Engessam (Gabon), Erimado (Nigeria), Essessang (Cameroon, Gabon), Ezang, Ezezang (Cameroon), Gbolei (Sierra Leone), Karro tu (Liberia), Kishongo (Uganda), Kisogo (Uganda), Kisongo, Kitililundo (Zaire), Ko (Liberia), Koor (Liberia), Minguella (Angola), Muawa (Kenya), Mungomo (East Africa), Munguella (Angola), Musodo (Uganda), Njang-sanga (fruit), N'jansan (Cameroon), Okhuen (Nigeria), Okwe (Nigeria), Sa sanga, Sanga sanga (Congo), Wama (Ghana), Wojanga-sanga (tree).
SYNONYM(S) :
Ricinodendron
africanus Müll. Arg.
Porcher Michel H. et al. 1995 - 2020, Sorting Ricinodendron Names. Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name
Database (M.M.P.N.D) - A Work in Progress. School of Agriculture and Food Systems.
Faculty of Land & Food Resources. The University of Melbourne. Australia.
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http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Ricinodendron.html > (2006).
Mokuzai.com.
2006. Wood Tree Species from all Over the World. Cyber
Catalog. Japanese - Trade name (English & other Latin
scripts). < http://www.mokuzai.com/cybercatalog/information/speciesspec/speciesdata-index.htm >.
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN). [Online Database]
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. Available: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxdump.pl?ricinodendron
(03 April 2006). (GRIN)
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