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Afzelia
Sign in to saveAfzelia is a genus of plants in family Fabaceae. The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia.
Species
FamilyFabaceae
Native toAngola, Benin, Borneo, Botswana, Burkina, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Provinces, Caprivi Strip, Central African Republic, Chad
General: non monophyletic) and Afzelia, Guibourtia, Hymenaea, Intsia Use: (afzelia, doussie, pod mahogany, mahogany bean, chanfuta, bolengu
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 111
- With media
- 81
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- CAS, BRIT, MEL, GH, NY, MO
- Recorded in
- United States, Philippines, India, Malawi, Congo (Kinshasa), Gabon, Thailand, Indonesia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Detarioideae
- Named after
- Adam Afzelius
- Image
- Afzelia rhomboidea Blanco2.281-cropped.jpg
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Afzelia
- topic's main category
- Category:Afzelia
- Commons category
- Afzelia
- taxon common name
- 缅茄属
- topic has template
- Template:Taxonomy/Afzelia
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Evolutionary history
- Species
- Uses
- References
- External links
Afzelia is a genus of plants in family Fabaceae. The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia.
The genus name of Afzelia is in honour of Adam Afzelius (1750–1837), a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Afzelia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.