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Sindoropsis
Sign in to saveSindoropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Sindoropsis letestui, a tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central Tropical Africa. It grows in tropical lowland rain forest.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, NHMUK, K
- Recorded in
- Gabon
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Sindoropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Sindoropsis letestui, a tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central Tropical Africa. It grows in tropical lowland rain forest.
The timber of S. letestui, known as gheombi, is used for furniture, joinery, flooring, veneers, and boxes and crates.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sindoropsis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.