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Ricinodendron is a plant genus in the family Euphorbiaceae first described as a genus in 1864. It includes only one known species, Ricinodendron heudelotii, native to tropical Africa from Senegal + Liberia east to Sudan and Tanzania and south to Mozambique and Angola. It produces an economically important oilseed. The tree is known as munguella (Angola), njangsa (Cameroon), bofeko (Zaire), wama (Ghana), okhuen (Nigeria), kishongo (Uganda), akpi (Ivory Coast), djansang, essang, ezezang and njasang. Two varieties of the tree species are recognized R. heudelotii var. heudelotii in Ghana and R. heudelotii var. africanum in Nigeria and westwards.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
- Genus
- Ricinodendron
- Family
- Euphorbiaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en African nut-tree en African oil-nut-tree en Ezang en African wood-oil nut-tree en Njangsa en Okhuen
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