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Daniellia thurifera Benn.

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Daniellia Benn.

Daniellia thurifera Benn. [Preferred name]

VERNACULAR NAME:
	Frankincense Tree [1902]; Niger Copal Tree [1902]; Sierra Leone Frankincense [1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:

Africa: Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]

HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest.

LITERATURE POINTERS:
	Description [11, 12] ; Illustration [12]

DESCRIPTORS:
	Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

USES:
	Chemical products [14]; Miscellaneous [14]; Wood [14]

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

11.		Keay, R.W.J., 1958
		Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

12.		Aubreville, A., 1936
		La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

14.		Dalziel, J.M., 1937
		The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

1902.		Terrell, E.E., 1977
		Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

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