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Accession Data:

Marantochloa leucantha (K.Schum.) Milne-Redh.

  • Common Name: Yoruba Soft Cane
  • Family: Marantaceae Peterson

  • Country of Origin: Trop. Africa
  • Habitat: primary and secondary forest, often in moist places

  • 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

    • IMPORTANT NOTE: Plant Uses are for informational purposes only. EEB Greenhouses assume no responsibility for adverse effects from the use of any plants referred to on this site. Always seek advice from a professional before using any plant medicinally.

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200201704
  • Source: Smith College Index Seminum 2001
  • Accession Date: 05-09-2002
  • Bench: 1111 - AFR:Ground Bed 1 SE
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-26-2025

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: commelinids
  • Order: Zingiberales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Marantaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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2025
2024
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2021
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References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants
  • Bee Pollination (melittophily)
  • Fiber Plants
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Ghana / Guinea / Ivory Coast / Liberia / Nigeria / Sierra Leone / Togo / Burundi / Central African Republic / Cameroon / Congo / Equatorial Guinea / Gabon / Gulf of Guinea Is. / Zaire / Ethiopia / Sudan / Tanzania / Uganda / Angola

References (external):

  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.

data regenerated on Wed, 26 Feb 2025 11:30:19 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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  • Pleiostachya pruinosa
  • Saranthe sp.
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  • Stachyphrynium spicatum W/C
  • Stachyphrynium latifolium W/C
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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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