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Microberlinia

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Microberlinia

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Microberlinia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae (legume family). It includes two species of tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central tropical Africa. The common name is zingana or zebrawood.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFabales
  5. FamilyFabaceae
Native toCameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon

Use: Microberlinia brazzavillensis A.Chev. (African zebrawood

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Specimen records
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Family
Fabaceae
Collections
RB
Recorded in
Brasil

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Detarieae
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Microberlinia Brazzavillensis Seeds.jpg
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taxon name
Microberlinia
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Microberlinia
this taxon is source of
zebrawood
Commons category
Microberlinia
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Microberlinia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae (legume family). It includes two species of tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central tropical Africa. The common name is zingana or zebrawood.

==References== Mabberley, D. J. (1987). The Plant Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Higher Plants. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. .

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