Terminalia leiocarpa

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Terminalia leiocarpa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. leiocarpa
Binomial name
Terminalia leiocarpa

Terminalia leiocarpa is a species from the genus Terminalia . [1] [2] The tree is native to areas of tropical Africa from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Eritrea in the east and as far south as the Democratic Republic of the Congo. [3]

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References

  1. Baill. In: Hist. Pl. 6: 265. (1876).
  2. Maurin, Olivier; Gere, Jephris; Bank, Michelle Van Der; Boatwright, James Stephen (2017-06-22). "The inclusion of Anogeissus, Buchenavia and Pteleopsis in Terminalia (Combretaceae: Terminaliinae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (3): 312–325. doi:10.1093/BOTLINNEAN/BOX029.
  3. "Terminalia leiocarpa DC. Baill". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 August 2022.