Isoberlinia doka
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| Isoberlinia doka | |
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| Dry forest of Isoberlinia doka in Comoé-Léraba Reserve, Burkina Faso | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
| Tribe: | Detarieae |
| Genus: | Isoberlinia |
| Species: | I. doka |
| Binomial name | |
| Isoberlinia doka Craib & Stapf | |
Isoberlinia doka is a hardwood tree native to African tropical savannas and Guinean forest-savanna mosaic dry forests where it can form single species stands.[1] The tree is exploited for its economic value as a commercial timber. The leaves and shoots of the tree dominate the diet of the Giant Eland in its range.[2] The tree is a host plant for Anaphe moloneyi (superfamily Thaumetopoeidae) one of the caterpillars that produces a wild silk, sayan, local to parts of Nigeria.[3]
References
- ↑ Baker, Kathleen M. (2000). Indigenous Land Management in West Africa: An Environmental Balancing Act (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823393-0.
- ↑ Kingdon, Jonathan (1984). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-43718-3.
- ↑ Kriger, Colleen E. (2006). Cloth in West African History. AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0422-0.
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