Language	Common/alternative name
English	okoume
English	gaboon
English	okoumé
English	okoumÈ
Spanish	aucoumea
German	gabun-mahagoni
German	okoumé
German	okume
German	okumé
Greek	Οκουμέ
Finnish	gabonpuu
Finnish	gaboninmahonki
French	aucoumea
Japanese	ガブーン
Japanese	オクメ
Korean	오쿠메나무
Norwegian Bokmål	okoumé
Dutch	okoumé
Dutch	okoume
Portuguese	aucoumea
Swedish	okumeträd
Chinese	奥古曼

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- West Tropical Africa
  - Nigeria
- West-central Tropical Africa
  - Cabinda
  - Cameroon
  - Congo
  - Equatorial Guinea
  - Gabon
  - Zaïre

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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0000556878
UNII	LER9BPW2C9
Tropicos	4700329
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:126950-1
The Plant List	kew-2666183
Open Tree Of Life	1021629
NCBI Taxonomy	373077
IUCN Red List	33213
IPNI	126950-1
iNaturalist	184466
GBIF	3992751
Freebase	/m/057z24
EPPO	AUMKL
EOL	5616610
USDA GRIN	401566
Wikipedia	Aucoumea_klaineana

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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The Genus Dacryodes Vahl.: Ethnobotany, Phytochemistry and Biological Activities

Swana L, Tsakem B, Tembu JV, Teponno RB, Folahan JT, Kalinski JC, Polyzois A, Kamatou G, Sandjo LP, Chamcheu JC, Siwe-Noundou X

Pharmaceuticals (Basel)

22-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10223253
doi:	10.3390/ph16050775
PMID:	37242558

SmartWoodID—an image collection of large end-grain surfaces to support wood identification systems

De Blaere R, Lievens K, Van Hassel D, Deklerck V, De Mil T, Hubau W, Van Acker J, Bourland N, Verwaeren J, Van den Bulcke J, Beeckman H

Database (Oxford)

13-May-2023

PMCID:	PMC10182821
doi:	10.1093/database/baad034
PMID:	37178209

Use and sustainability of wood in acoustic guitars: An overview based on the global market

Calvano S, Negro F, Ruffinatto F, Zanuttini-Frank D, Zanuttini R

Heliyon

14-Apr-2023

PMCID:	PMC10147972
doi:	10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15218
PMID:	37128325

First evidence of a monodominant (Englerodendron, Amherstieae, Detarioideae, Leguminosae) tropical moist forest from the early Miocene (21.73 Ma) of Ethiopia

Pan AD, Jacobs BF, Bush RT, de la Estrella M, Grímsson F, Herendeen PS, van der Burgt XM, Currano ED

PLoS One

11-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9833558
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0279491
PMID:	36630378

Steam explosion pretreatment enhancing enzymatic digestibility of overground tubers of tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.)

Zhao ZM, Yu W, Huang C, Xue H, Li J, Zhang D, Li G

Front Nutr

06-Jan-2023

PMCID:	PMC9852858
doi:	10.3389/fnut.2022.1093277
PMID:	36687667

Ethnopharmacological Study of Medicinal Plants Used for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases and Their Associated Risk Factors in sub-Saharan Africa

Odukoya JO, Odukoya JO, Mmutlane EM, Ndinteh DT

Plants (Basel)

23-May-2022

PMCID:	PMC9143319
doi:	10.3390/plants11101387
PMID:	35631812

Target and non-target effects of Foeniculum vulgare and Matricaria chamomilla combined extract on Culex pipiens mosquitoes

Al-Mekhlafi FA, Abutaha N, Al-Doaiss AA, Ahmed Al- Keridis L, Alsayadi AI, Ali El Hadi Mohamed R, Wadaan MA, Elfaki Ibrahim K, Al-Khalifa MS

Saudi J Biol Sci

11-Jun-2021

PMCID:	PMC8459038
doi:	10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.06.024
PMID:	34588890

Taxonomic revision of the threatened African genus Pseudohydrosme Engl. (Araceae), with P. ebo, a new, critically endangered species from Ebo, Cameroon

Cheek M, Tchiengué B, van der Burgt X

PeerJ

11-Feb-2021

PMCID:	PMC7882137
doi:	10.7717/peerj.10689
PMID:	33614269

Characterization and Analysis of Okoume and Aiele Essential Oils from Gabon by GC-MS, Electronic Nose, and Their Antibacterial Activity Assessment

Aghoutane Y, Moufid M, Motia S, Padzys GS, Omouendze LP, Llobet E, Bouchikhi B, El Bari N

Sensors (Basel)

26-Nov-2020

PMCID:	PMC7728305
doi:	10.3390/s20236750
PMID:	33255909

The condensed tannins of Okoume (Aucoumea klaineana Pierre): A molecular structure and thermal stability study

Engozogho Anris SP, Bi Athomo AB, Safou Tchiama R, Santiago-Medina FJ, Cabaret T, Pizzi A, Charrier B

Sci Rep

04-Feb-2020

PMCID:	PMC7000823
doi:	10.1038/s41598-020-58431-7
PMID:	32019952

Study on the Colorimetry Properties of Transparent Wood Prepared from Six Wood Species

Wu Y, Zhou J, Huang Q, Yang F, Wang Y, Liang X, Li J

ACS Omega

22-Jan-2020

PMCID:	PMC7003244
doi:	10.1021/acsomega.9b02498
PMID:	32039313

Do topography and fruit presence influence occurrence and intensity of crop-raiding by forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)?

Ngama S, Bindelle J, Poulsen JR, Hornick JL, Linden A, Korte L, Doucet JL, Vermeulen C

PLoS One

22-Mar-2019

PMCID:	PMC6430389
doi:	10.1371/journal.pone.0213971
PMID:	30901366

Sclerosperma fossils from the late Oligocene of Chilga, north-western Ethiopia

Grímsson F, Jacobs BF, Van Valkenburg JL, Wieringa JJ, Xafis A, Tabor N, Pan AD, Zetter R

Grana

25-Oct-2018

PMCID:	PMC6382288
doi:	10.1080/00173134.2018.1510977
PMID:	30828285

The Cultural Importance of Plants in Western African Religions

Quiroz D, van Andel T

Econ Bot

03-Apr-2018

PMCID:	PMC6267723
doi:	10.1007/s12231-018-9410-x
PMID:	30573919

Evaluating the role of Pleistocene refugia, rivers and environmental variation in the diversification of central African duikers (genera Cephalophus and Philantomba)

Ntie S, Davis AR, Hils K, Mickala P, Thomassen HA, Morgan K, Vanthomme H, Gonder MK, Anthony NM

BMC Evol Biol

06-Sep-2017

PMCID:	PMC5585889
doi:	10.1186/s12862-017-1054-4
PMID:	28877669

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name	PubChem ID	Canonical SMILES	MW	Found in	Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Aromatic monoterpenoids
p-CYMENE	7463	Click to see CC1=CC=C(C=C1)C(C)C	134.22	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Bicyclic monoterpenoids
3-Carene	26049	Click to see CC1=CCC2C(C1)C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
4,7,7-Trimethylbicyclo[4.1.0]hept-2-ene	530422	Click to see CC1CC2C(C2(C)C)C=C1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
alpha-PINENE	6654	Click to see CC1=CCC2CC1C2(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Camphor	2537	Click to see CC1(C2CCC1(C(=O)C2)C)C	152.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Carane	79043	Click to see CC1CCC2C(C1)C2(C)C	138.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Sabinen	18818	Click to see CC(C)C12CCC(=C)C1C2	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Monoterpenoids / Menthane monoterpenoids
4-Terpineol, (+/-)-	11230	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)(C(C)C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
alpha-PHELLANDRENE	7460	Click to see CC1=CCC(C=C1)C(C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Alpha-Terpineol	17100	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(C)(C)O	154.25	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Beta-Phellandrene	11142	Click to see CC(C)C1CCC(=C)C=C1	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
Limonene, (+/-)-	22311	Click to see CC1=CCC(CC1)C(=C)C	136.23	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-962467
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(2R,3S,5R)-3-[(3R,5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-2-ol	101277378	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(O1)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C)C	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(3S,5S)-3-[(3R,5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-2-one	163034514	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(=O)O1)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C)C	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(3S,5S)-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)-3-[(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl]oxolan-2-one	162948322	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(=O)O1)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C)C	452.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(4aR,6aR,6bS,8aR,12aR,14aR,14bR)-4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-dodecahydro-1H-picene-3,3-diol	162968551	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)(O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2R,3R)-3-hydroxy-6-methyl-4-oxohept-5-en-2-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	71473548	Click to see CC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(=O)C4(C)C)C)C)C)C(C(=O)C=C(C)C)O	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2R,3S,5R)-2-hydroxy-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-3-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	162864135	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(O1)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C)C	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
(5R,9R,10R,13S,14S,17S)-17-[(2R,3S,5R)-2-hydroxy-5-(2-methylpropyl)oxolan-3-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	101606411	Click to see CC(C)CC1CC(C(O1)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
17-(3-Hydroxy-6-methyl-4-oxohept-5-en-2-yl)-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	14137668	Click to see CC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(=O)C4(C)C)C)C)C)C(C(=O)C=C(C)C)O	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
17-[2-Hydroxy-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-3-yl]-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-3-one	14137671	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(O1)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C)C	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
3-(3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-2-ol	15559277	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(O1)O)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C)C	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
3-(3-hydroxy-4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-2,3,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydro-1H-cyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)-5-(2-methylprop-1-enyl)oxolan-2-one	14137665	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(=O)O1)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C)C	454.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
3alpha-3-Hydroxytirucalla-7,24-dien-21-oic acid	15559097	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)C(=O)O)C	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
4,4,6a,6b,8a,11,11,14b-octamethyl-2,4a,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,12a,14,14a-dodecahydro-1H-picene-3,3-diol	162968550	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)(O)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
5-(2-Methylprop-1-enyl)-3-(4,4,10,13,14-pentamethyl-3-oxo-1,2,5,6,9,11,12,15,16,17-decahydrocyclopenta[a]phenanthren-17-yl)oxolan-2-one	13875718	Click to see CC(=CC1CC(C(=O)O1)C2CCC3(C2(CCC4C3=CCC5C4(CCC(=O)C5(C)C)C)C)C)C	452.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
Beta-Amyrin	73145	Click to see CC1(CCC2(CCC3(C(=CCC4C3(CCC5C4(CCC(C5(C)C)O)C)C)C2C1)C)C)C	426.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
Lanosta-7,24-dien-21-oic acid, 3-hydroxy-, (3alpha,13alpha,14beta,17alpha,20S)-	158143	Click to see CC(=CCCC(C1CCC2(C1(CCC3C2=CCC4C3(CCC(C4(C)C)O)C)C)C)C(=O)O)C	456.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2
Maniladiol	397934	Click to see CC1(CCC2(C(C1)C3=CCC4C5(CCC(C(C5CCC4(C3(CC2O)C)C)(C)C)O)C)C)C	442.70	unknown	https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(88)80143-2

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