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Terminalia leiocarpa (African birch; Bambara: ngálǎma) is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae. It is a deciduous tree native of tropical Africa from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Eritrea in the east and as far south as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Terminalia leiocarpa being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Terminalia pendula
- Terminalia anogeissiana
- Holoptelea integrifolia
- Terminalia arjuna
- Lagerstroemia microcarpa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Myrtales
- Family
- Combretaceae
- Genus
- Terminalia
- Species
- Terminalia leiocarpa
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