Leguminosae-caes Afzelia africana Sm.

| |	© P.Ekpe / NSBP

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Keywords in this picture :

• Aril
• Fruit
• Seed
• Fruit details
• Flower & fruit
• Plant parts

Places where this species can be found :

• Larabanga - Mole Road - NSBPGHANA
• Mole National Park - NSBPGHANA

Specimen information

Collection Date
20/04/2005

Collector
Ekpe, P.

Specimen Number
129

Location
About 0.5 km to Larabanga village, from Mole National Park main gate

Notes
Large tree, c. 15m tall with spreading crown. Stem bark hard and with cracks falling off when slashed. Slash pale brown, granular. Flowers white. Fruit pods very hard, dries dark brown and splits open, in two halves, to release the seeds. Seeds black with golden arils.

Coordinates
Latitude: 9.133740 N   Longitude: 1.513240 W   Altitude: 0.0