Pod, unripe and opened with seed; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Inflorescence; Nigeria; 2/2013 © Ralf Biechele
Upper surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Lower surface of leaf; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Foliage; Nigeria; 2/2013 © Ralf Biechele
Bark; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Habit; Valley View University, Oyibi, Ghana; 9/2008 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 939 Date of entry: 30.09.2008 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: African oak, Afzelia
German: Afrikanische Eiche
Portuguese: Chanfuta
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Afzelia (1)
Epithet: africana Pers. (7)
Synonym: Pahudia africana (Pers.) Prain
africana => of African origin
Climate: tropical
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
Flower colour: white
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