Guibourtia coleosperma
| Guibourtia coleosperma | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Genus: | Guibourtia |
| Species: | G. coleosperma |
| Binomial name | |
| Guibourtia coleosperma (Benth.) J.Léonard | |
Guibourtia coleosperma, aka African rosewood (ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood, and machibi, is a species of Guibourtia in the family Fabaceae. It is a large evergreen tree (to 20 m tall) found in open woodland and dry forest, almost exclusively on Kalahari Sand in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]
The condensed tannins proguibourtinidins can be found in G. coleosperma.[2] G. coleosperma timber has a noticeable smell of menthol.
See also
References
- ↑ Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2015). "Guibourtia coleosperma". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ↑ Synthesis of condensed tannins. Part 18. Stilbenes as potent nucleophiles in regio- and stereo-specific condensations: novel guibourtinidol-stilbenes from Guibourtia coleosperma, Jan P. Steynberg, Daneel Ferreira and David G. Roux, 1987
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