Nauclea diderrichii
Nauclea diderrichii | |
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Specimen of Nauclea diderrichii collected in Liberia | |
Conservation status
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Gentianales |
Family: | Rubiaceae |
Genus: | Nauclea |
Species: | N. diderrichii
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Binomial name | |
Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild. & T.Durand) Merr.
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Nauclea diderrichii is a species of tree of the genus Nauclea in the family Rubiaceae. It is known by the common names bilinga, aloma, badi, kusia and opepe.
Description[]
Nauclea diderrichii is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It grows to around 35m to 48m tall, and 1m to 2m in diameter at breast height. It is threatened by overexploitation for timber and habitat loss.[1]
Uses[]
The timber is known as bilinga, or Aloma in Germany and opepe in the UK. It is hard, dense and resistant to fungi and insects, and is used in joinery, flooring and marine construction.[2][3][4]
References[]
- ^ a b Hills, R. (2021). "Nauclea diderrichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T33058A110069320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T33058A110069320.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ CIRAD (2012-03-26). "BILINGA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ^ "Opepe - The Wood Database". www.wood-database.com.
- ^ "Wood Species Database: Opepe - TRADA". www.trada.co.uk.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nauclea diderrichii. |
- Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Nauclea diderrichii". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.
- IUCN Red List near threatened species
- Nauclea
- Near threatened plants
- Taxa named by Elmer Drew Merrill
- Cinchonoideae stubs