Thonningia — 1 species

Botanical species in the genus Thonningia recorded in the PlantPeers database.

Thonningia sanguinea
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Thonningia sanguinea

Thonningia sanguinea

Family: Balanophoraceae

Cultivation

The plant can parasitize plantation crops such as Hevea, oil-palm and cacao. Infestation is not normally fatal, but it must cause some loss of vigour in the host. Heavy infestation, however, has been recorded on Hevea trees in the Southern Province of Sierra Leone, where trees have been killed.

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