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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.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Sindoropsis is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Detarioideae, Cameroon and Gabon.
Vinony files it under Detarioideae, Flora of Cameroon and Flora of Gabon.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Collections
- MO, NHMUK, K
- Recorded in
- Gabon
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Detarioideae
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- taxon name
- Sindoropsis
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon author citation
- J.Léonard
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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.