Milicia (plant)

Milicia
M. excelsa, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Moraceae
Tribe: Moreae[1]
Genus: Milicia
Sim
Species

M. excelsa
M. regia

Milicia is a small genus of tropical African trees. There are two recognized species, which are closely related: Milicia excelsa and Milicia regia.[2] These trees yield a durable wood, iroko.

Milicia excelsa is currently listed as 'lower risk/near threatened' on the IUCN Red List.[3]

References

  1. Klaus Kubitzki, Karl Ulrich Kramer, Herbert Huber, P. S. Green (1990), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants 2, Springer, p. 446
  2. D.A. Ofori, M.D. Swaine, C. Leifert, J.R. Cobbinah and A.H. Price (December 2001), "Population genetic structure of Milicia species characterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing L.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 48 (6): 637–647, doi:10.1023/A:1013805807957
  3. "The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species: Milicia excelsa", The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species
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