Garcinia epunctata

Garcinia epunctata
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species: G. epunctata
Binomial name
Garcinia epunctata
Stapf

Garcinia epunctata is a tall tropical rainforest tree in the Clusiaceae family. The tree is known for growing on inselbergs found in moist tropical forests[1] of West Africa, including Upper Guinean forests, Lower Guinean forests, and Congolian forests south through Angola, both coastal and inland forests.

References

  1. ^ Parmentier, Ingrid (2003). "Study of vegetation composition in three inselbergs from continental Equatorial Guinea (West Central Africa): Effects of site, soil factors and position relative to forest fringe". Belgium Journal of Botany 136 (1): 63–72. 

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