Uapaca

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Phyllanthaceae
Tribe: Antidesmeae
Subtribe: Uapacinae
Genus: Uapaca
Baill.
Species
  • Uapaca betamponensis
  • Uapaca bojeri
  • Uapaca guineensis
  • Uapaca heudelotii
  • Uapaca kirkiana
  • Uapaca littoralis
  • Uapaca nitida
  • Uapaca togoensis
  • etc.

Uapaca is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae and is the only genus comprised in the subtribe Uapacinae. It comprises about 60 species, of which 49 are confined to continental Africa.

[edit] Synonyms

This genus is also known as:

  • Canariastrum Engl., nom. inval.
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