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Carapa procera DC.

Protologue Prodr. 1: 626. 1824 [mid Jan 1824]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 194.jpg

Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 194.jpg

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Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 188.jpg

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Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 195.jpg

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Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 046.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 186.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 045.jpg

Carapa procera--Ghana. Aburi Botanic Garden. 11 Dec 03. 045.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Native to Brazil North, Burkina, Central African Republic, French Guiana, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname; introduced into Vietnam; presence uncertain in Guyana (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

December 11, 2003

Location

Ghana, Eastern, Akuapim (Aburi, Aburi Botanic Gardens)

5.8512, -0.17296

Location Remarks

Aburi village, 30 km north of Accra

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Sapindales

Family

Meliaceae

Genus

Carapa

Specific Epithet

procera

Authorship

DC.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#327,935 of 335,497

Top 98%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →