Copaifera salikounda Heckel

  • Filed As

    Caesalpiniaceae
    Copaifera salikounda Heckel

  • Collector(s)

    S. Kisseadoo 67, 18 Oct 1988

  • Location

    Ghana. Ashanti. Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Identifiers

    NY Barcode: 04799610

    Occurrence ID: c3a9a280-66cb-4ccd-8126-b8cbb94584a6

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  • Region

    Africa

  • Country

    Ghana

  • State/Province

    Ashanti

  • Locality

    Sekyere. Bobiri Forest Reserve.

  • Coordinates

    6.63, -1.28

  • Location Notes

    [Africa]

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THE NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN
Plants of Ghana
No. 67
Copaifera salikounda
CAESALPINIACEAE
GHANA. Ashanti: Sekyere. Bobiri Forest
Reserve. 6°38,N, ¡“l/’W. Moist
semi-deciduous forest with many lianas.
Humus of topsoil up to 20cm deep. Avg.of
1500mm/y rain.
Large forest tree, 45m tall. Straight, round
bole. Hard, fibrous, rough, gray bark;
prominent eyemarks. Slash red or orange;
strong, spicy smell. Pinnate leaves; 10-16
elliptic, opposite or subopposite leaflets;
dense, simple hairs. Assymetric leaf base,
apex retuse.
WVORKBOTANICALGARDEN
 Ö4799610
S. Kisseadoo
18 Oct 1988
Funded by the Rockefeller Foundation
04799610