Triplochiton scleroxylon

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Internal ID UUID643ffebaf08e8821892147
Scientific name Triplochiton scleroxylon
Authority K.Schum.
First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 331 (1900)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Triplochiton johnsonii C.H.Wright Hooker's Icon. Pl. 28: t. 2758 (1905)
Triplochiton nigericum Sprague Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 212 (1909)
Samba scleroxylon (K.Schum.) Roberty Bull. Inst. Franç. Afrique Noire 15: 1403 (1953)

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Language Common/alternative name
English arere
English samba
English obeche
English african whitewood
Akan ɔwawa
Akan wawa
dag wawa
German ayous
German ajous
German abachi-baum
German abachi
Greek Αγιούζ
Persian درخت قاب
Finnish abachi
Finnish apassi
Finnish abatsi
Finnish apachi
French abachi
French samba
French ayous
French obeche
Hungarian abachi
Italian ayous
Italian obeche
Japanese サンバ
Japanese アフリカスオウ
Japanese アユース
Japanese オベチュ
Japanese ワワ
Japanese オベチェ
Dutch ayous
Dutch wawa
Dutch abachi
Dutch ayus
Russian Триплохитон твердосмолый
Russian Абачи
Yoruba arère
Chinese 伞白桐

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  • Africa
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Ivory Coast
      • Liberia
      • Nigeria
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Equatorial Guinea
      • Gabon
      • Zaïre

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000456002
Tropicos 30401474
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:564731-1
The Plant List kew-2515995
Open Tree Of Life 5145936
NCBI Taxonomy 1521447
IUCN Red List 32174
IPNI 564731-1
iNaturalist 182392
GBIF 3671814
Freebase /m/02q2n3g
EOL 5418008
USDA GRIN 401452
Wikipedia Triplochiton_scleroxylon

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Disturbance sensitivity shapes patterns of tree species distribution in Afrotropical lowland rainforests more than climate or soil Núñez CL, Clark JS, Poulsen JR Ecol Evol 01-May-2024
PMCID:PMC11063613
doi:10.1002/ece3.11329
PMID:38698930
Contrasting carbon cycle along tropical forest aridity gradients in West Africa and Amazonia Zhang-Zheng H, Adu-Bredu S, Duah-Gyamfi A, Moore S, Addo-Danso SD, Amissah L, Valentini R, Djagbletey G, Anim-Adjei K, Quansah J, Sarpong B, Owusu-Afriyie K, Gvozdevaite A, Tang M, Ruiz-Jaen MC, Ibrahim F, Girardin CA, Rifai S, Dahlsjö CA, Riutta T, Deng X, Sun Y, Prentice IC, Oliveras Menor I, Malhi Y Nat Commun 11-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11009382
doi:10.1038/s41467-024-47202-x
PMID:38605006
Antiproliferative activities of some selected Nigerian medicinal plants against breast, liver, and cervical cancer cells Olaleye OO, Kim DH, Spriggs KA BMC Complement Med Ther 06-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10916328
doi:10.1186/s12906-024-04365-w
PMID:38448883
Critical Review on the Use of Extractives of Naturally Durable Woods as Natural Wood Protectants Kirker GT, Hassan B, Mankowski ME, Eller FJ Insects 18-Jan-2024
PMCID:PMC10816604
doi:10.3390/insects15010069
PMID:38249075
Ethnobotanical and ethnopharmacological survey of medicinal tree species used in the treatment of diseases by forest-fringe communities of Southwestern Ghana Asigbaase M, Adusu D, Musah AA, Anaba L, Nsor CA, Abugre S, Derkyi M Heliyon 14-Dec-2023
PMCID:PMC10788458
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e23645
PMID:38226220
Motivators and impediments to mushroom commercialisation in Ghana: Implication for policymakers, development partners and extension agents Anobir Mensah E, Acheampong L Heliyon 25-Aug-2023
PMCID:PMC10481280
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19523
PMID:37681129
Influence of the chemical content of sawdust on the levels of important macronutrients and ash composition in Pearl oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Boadu KB, Nsiah-Asante R, Antwi RT, Obirikorang KA, Anokye R, Ansong M PLoS One 29-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10309632
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0287532
PMID:37384658
Vulnerability of cocoa-based agroforestry systems to climate change in West Africa Ariza-Salamanca AJ, Navarro-Cerrillo RM, Quero-Pérez JL, Gallardo-Armas B, Crozier J, Stirling C, de Sousa K, González-Moreno P Sci Rep 20-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10281996
doi:10.1038/s41598-023-37180-3
PMID:37340020
Assessing plant diversity change in logged and unlogged dense semi-deciduous production forest of eastern Cameroon Hubert Kpoumie Mounmemi, Mensah Ekué MR, Funwi Preasious Forbi, Roger Kabelong Banoho LP, Tiokeng B, Maffo Maffo NL, Lagarde Jean Betti, Carole Mireil Votio Tchoupou, Amandine Flore Yonkeu Ntonmen, Taedoumg HE, Zapfack L Heliyon 12-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10199262
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e16199
PMID:37215910
Seed Germination of Three Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.) Populations of Greek Origin: Temperature, Duration, and Storage Conditions Effects Liava V, Ntatsi G, Karkanis A Plants (Basel) 24-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10005779
doi:10.3390/plants12051025
PMID:36903886
Mapping suitable habitat for Nigeria–Cameroon chimpanzees in Kom-Wum Forest Reserve, North-Western Cameroon Fotang C, Bröring U, Roos C, Dutton P, Tédonzong LR, Willie J, Angwafo TE, Yuh YG, Schierack P, Birkhofer K Primates 18-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC10185634
doi:10.1007/s10329-023-01054-z
PMID:36808317
Megaherbivores modify forest structure and increase carbon stocks through multiple pathways Berzaghi F, Bretagnolle F, Durand-Bessart C, Blake S Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 23-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9945987
doi:10.1073/pnas.2201832120
PMID:36689651
Traditional knowledge of plants used in hunting and fishing practices among Baka hunter-gatherers of eastern Cameroon Fongnzossie EF, Ngansop MT, Oishi T, Biwole AB, Biye EH, Ichikawa M J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9808952
doi:10.1186/s13002-022-00571-3
PMID:36597154
Properties of Table Tennis Blade from Sorghum Bagasse Particleboard Bonded with Maleic Acid Adhesive at Different Pressing Temperatures and Times Sutiawan J, Hartono R, Hermawan D, Hadi YS, Nawawi DS, Abdillah IB, Syahfitri A, Kusumah SS, Adi DS, Kusumaningrum WB, Lubis MA Polymers (Basel) 29-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9824672
doi:10.3390/polym15010166
PMID:36616516
Selective and clear-cut logging have varied imprints on tree community structure in a moist semi-deciduous forest in Ghana Addo-Fordjour P, Afram IS, Oppong J Heliyon 04-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9649955
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11393
PMID:36387494

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