Lophira alata

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants magnoliophyta magnoliopsida malpighiales ochnaceae lophira Lophira alata

Banks ex C.F.Gaertn.

1805

azobe

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Lophira alata, commonly known as azobé, ekki or the red ironwood tree, is a species of plant in the family Ochnaceae. It is found in Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The timber is extremely hard and used for railroad ties, groynes and bridge planking, as it is rot-resistant....read more on Wikipedia.

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