Thonningia — 1 species
Botanical species in the genus Thonningia recorded in the PlantPeers database.

EdibleMedicinal
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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