Garcinia afzelii
| Garcinia afzelii | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Genus: | Garcinia |
| Species: | G. afzelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Garcinia afzelii | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Garcinia afzelii is a species of small to medium tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is native to west and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana and from Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic.[2][4] It is sometimes called "bitter kola", but this name properly refers to G. kola.[5]
It grows as an understory tree lowland tropical rain forest, riverine forest, and gallery forest, and at forest edges in the Upper Guinean forests, Lower Guinean forests, and western Congolian rainforests.[6]
References
- ^ Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Garcinia afzelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T34294A9851654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34294A9851654.en. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
- ^ a b "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
- ^ Garcinia afzelii Engl. specimens: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/7801278?tab=specimens
- ^ Sosef, Marc S.M.; Dauby, Gilles (2012). "Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species". PhytoKeys (17): 41–62. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.17.3114. PMC 3519353. PMID 23233817.
- ^ Fern, Ken. "Garcinia afzelii". Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 21 April 2026.