African Corkwood

African Corkwood

Taxobox
name = African Corkwood
regnum = Plantae
phylum = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Rosales
familia = Moraceae
genus = "Musanga"
species = "M. cecropioides"
binomial = "Musanga cecropioides"
binomial_authority = R.Br. & Tedlie

The African Corkwood Tree ("Musanga cecropioides"), also known as the Umbrella tree, is found in Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola and eastward to Uganda. It is typical in secondary forests.

This tree is also known as "Parasolier", "N'Govoge", "Doe", "Umbrella Tree", "kombo-kombo", "musanga", "musanda" and "Govwi".

External links

* [http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/htmlDocs_africa/Musangacecropioides.html USDA Forest Service Technical Fact Sheet]


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