ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 524

  • Scientific Name: Oldfieldia africana Benth.  &  Hook .f.
  • Family: Picrodendraceae
  • Common Name: Vexambata, African oak
  • പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്‍: ആഫ്രിക്കൻ ഓക്ക്
  • Native: West & West Central Tropical Africa
  • Specimen from:
  • Region: Portugal
  • Collected by: K. M. Bhat
  • General Characteristics: A tall forest tree, up to 100 ft. or more in height straight bole of 50 ft., and girth of 16 ft. Bark scaly, flaking young branchlets rusty-puberulous. Fruit hard, brown, nut-like 3 seeds.
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