Carapa procera DC.
Species in the Global Pollen Project's Master Reference Collection
Distribution
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Carapa procera
Carapa procera, called African crabwood, is a species of tree in the genus Carapa, native to the West African tropics and to the Amazon rainforest, and introduced to Vietnam.[2] Some authorities have split off the South American population into its own species, Carapa surinamensis.[3] The nuts are intensively collected in the wild for their oil, a non-timber forest product.[4] In tropical Afric... © Wikipedia authors and editors (licence)
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- Parent Taxon
- Carapa
- Global Pollen Project UUID
- c6c1f0d7-c5a6-4cdc-8e3b-481507f813bb
- Botanical Reference
- None available. You can check The Plant List for further information.
Connected data sources
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