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Afzelia africana - Pod, unripe and opened with seed - Click to enlarge!

Pod, unripe and opened with seed; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Afzelia africana - Inflorescence - Click to enlarge!

Inflorescence; Nigeria; 2/2013 © Ralf Biechele

Afzelia africana - Upper surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Afzelia africana - Lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Afzelia africana - Foliage - Click to enlarge!

Foliage; Nigeria; 2/2013 © Ralf Biechele

Afzelia africana - Bark - Click to enlarge!

Bark; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Afzelia africana - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 939
Date of entry: 30.09.2008
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: African oak, Afzelia

German: Afrikanische Eiche

Portuguese: Chanfuta

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2656)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2569)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2165)

      Order: Fabales (241)

        Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)

          Genus: Afzelia (1)

            Epithet: africana Pers. (7)

Synonym: Pahudia africana (Pers.) Prain

africana => of African origin

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: white

External links

Check for Afzelia africana at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

Literature

  • [18] Arbonnier, M. (2004): Trees, shrubs and lianas of West African dry zones. CIRAD, Paris, France; Margraf, Weikersheim, Germany; MNHN, Paris, France.
  • [41] Hawthorne,W. D., Gyakari,N. (2006): Photoguide for the forest trees of Ghana : a tree-spotter's field guide for identifying the largest trees. Oxford, UK.

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