Copaifera salikounda

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Copaifera salikounda
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Copaifera
Species:
C. salikounda
Binomial name
Copaifera salikounda
Heckel

Copaifera salikounda is a species of legume in the family Fabaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Copafera is an alternative spelling that was adopted by American guitar manufacturer Taylor Guitars when the wood was introduced as a new material component on a series of the company's layered wood acoustic guitar models. The wood was chosen as an alternative to Indian rosewood after the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) adopted a regulation that heightens the worldwide protection of all rosewood species under the genus Dalbergia . The CITES regulations took effect January 2, 2017.

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References

  1. African Regional Workshop (1998). Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996. "Copaifera salikounda". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . IUCN. 1998: e.T33041A9752615. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33041A9752615.en . Retrieved 20 December 2017.