Staudtia stipitata

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Staudtia stipitata
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Myristicaceae
Genus: Staudtia
Species:
S. stipitata
Binomial name
Staudtia stipitata
(Warb.) Warb.

Staudtia stipitata is a species of plant in the family Myristicaceae. Commonly known as Bokapi, [1] M'bonda (Cameroon), Niove, M'boun (Gabon), Kamashi or Nkafi (Zaire) it produces red brown to yellow brown wood with a fine grain. [2]

Myristicaceae family of plants

The Myristicaceae are a family of flowering plants native to Africa, Asia, Pacific islands, and the Americas and has been recognized by most taxonomists. It is sometimes called the "nutmeg family", after its most famous member, Myristica fragrans, the source of the spices nutmeg and mace. The best known genera are Myristica in Asia and Virola in the Neotropics.

Cameroon Republic in West Africa

Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the Bight of Biafra, part of the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. Although Cameroon is not an ECOWAS member state, it is geographically and historically in West Africa with the Southern Cameroons which now form her Northwest and Southwest Regions having a strong West African history. The country is sometimes identified as West African and other times as Central African due to its strategic position at the crossroads between West and Central Africa. Cameroon is home to over 250 native languages spoken by nearly 20 million people.

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References

  1. Food and Agriculture Organization. "Closed forests: Equatorial Guinea" . Retrieved 10 March 2015.
  2. Center for Wood Anatomy Research. "Staudtia stipitata syn. S. gabonensis" (PDF). Retrieved 10 March 2015.