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Schefflerodendron
Schefflerodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola. They grow in tropical rain forest and seasonally-dry forest, including disturbed areas. Three species are native to the Guineo-Congolian forests of west-central Africa, and one species (S. usambarense) also extends to the Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forests of Tanzania.
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- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderFabales
- FamilyFabaceae
Native toAngola, Cameroon, DR Congo, Gabon, Tanzania
Use: Schefflerodendron usambarense Harms (msase) is used
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Schefflerodendron is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It includes four species of trees native to tropical Africa, ranging from Cameroon to Tanzania and Angola. They grow in tropical rain forest and seasonally-dry forest, including disturbed areas. Three species are native to the Guineo-Congolian forests of west-central Africa, and one species (S. usambarense) also extends to the Zanzibar-Inhambane coastal forests of Tanzania.
==Species== , Plants of the World Online accepted the following species: Schefflerodendron adenopetalum (Taub.) Harms Schefflerodendron gabonense Pellegr. Schefflerodendron gilbertianum J.Léonard & Latour Schefflerodendron usambarense Harms