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Lophira alata Banks ex C.F.Gaertn.

Azobe (en), Azobé (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Malpighiales > Ochnaceae > Lophira

Characteristics

A large tree. It grows 40-60 m tall and is 5 m across. The trunk is straight and does not have buttresses. The bark is reddish and flakes off in small patches. The leaves occur in tufts at the ends of small branches. The leaves are 12-38 cm long by 3.5-10 cm wide. The are wide sword shaped. They have notches. The leaf stalks can be 2.5 cm long. The flowers can be yellow. The fruit are about 3 cm long and 12 mm wide with wide wings. The wings can be 5-10 cm long by 1.2-3.2 cm wide.
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Large rain forest tree, to 180 ft. high and 20 ft. girth
Petals white.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 5.0
Mature height (meter) 40.0 - 47.43
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows in lowland rainforest. It suits humid locations. It can grow in poor and acidic soils. It can be in seasonally flooded forests.
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Evergreen moist rain-forest at elevations of 550-1,300 metres. Evergreen and moist deciduous forests, in freshwater swamp forests, and close to riverbanks.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses environmental use food fuel gene source material medicinal oil social use wood
Edible fruits seeds
Therapeutic use Hair-Oil (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown from fresh seeds. Seeds germinate in 9-16 days. They can be grown from stem cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
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Germination luminosity -
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Productivity -

Images

Leaf

Lophira alata leaf picture by Gnagbo Anthelme (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Lophira alata world distribution map, present in Benin, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Chad

Conservation status

Lophira alata threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:321039-1
WFO ID wfo-0000443232
COL ID 6QN4R
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Lophira africana Lophira simplex Lophira barberi Lophira procera Lophira alata Lophira barteri Lophira macrophylla Lophira thollonii Lophira alata var. procera
WorldFloraDB 2024