Common name
English: West African copal tree
English: West African copal tree
Kingdom: Plantae (2659)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2572)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2167)
Order: Fabales (241)
Family: Fabaceae (241)(family description)
Genus: Daniellia (1)
Epithet: oliveri (Rolfe) Hutch. & Dalziel (1)
oliveri => in honor of Guillaume Antoine Olivier (1756-1814), French physician, entomologist and plant collector
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: beige, white