Botanical name: Terminalia ivorensis
Common name: Black Afara
Family: Combretaceae
Origin: Western Africa
One of the principle timbers of west Africa, it is widely harvested from the wild and has been introduced into many other tropical countries as a promising timber plantation species. It is also cultivated as a shade tree in cacao plantations.
Similar plants: Terminalia ivorensis (Black Afara)
- Bucida buceras (Florida Black Olive Tree)
- Bucida spinosa (Spiny Black Olive)
- Terminalia bentzoe (Benjoin)
- Terminalia calamansanai (Philippine Almond)
- Terminalia catappa (Tropical Almond)
- Terminalia foetidissima (Terminalia)
- Terminalia kaernbachii (Okari Nut)
- Terminalia mantaly (Madagascar Almond)
- Terminalia muelleri (Australian almond)
- Terminalia sp. (Terminalia)
Link to this plant:
https://toptropicals.com/catalog/uid/terminalia_ivorensis.htm