Common name
English: West African copal tree
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Fabales (244)
Family: Fabaceae (244)(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
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: tree
Flower colour: beige, white