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396: 606: 339:, but sometimes with a swollen base, and is usually clear of branches up to about 30 metres (98 ft). The bark is typically red-brown in colour, up to two centimetres thick, and has a bright yellow layer underneath. Young trees under four metres in height have greenish-grey bark, which becomes pink or light brown as the tree matures. Inside, the living sapwood is pale pink or whitish in colour, while the inner heartwood is dark red-brown to chocolate brown, with conspicuous white deposits of 77: 33: 52: 586: 379:. Fruiting takes place between January and March, the fruits becoming mature around March to April, although fruits do not always appear every year. The fruits, which are wind-dispersed, contain a single, oil-rich seed in a conical capsule, which is brown when mature and is surrounded by two unequally-sized membranous ‘wings’, one up to six centimetres long and the other twice that size. Although 473:, was new, and the structure was determined by spectral properties. Both compounds also showed potent inhibitory activities against teleocidin B-4-induced inflammation on mouse ear. In an initiation-promotion experiment on mouse skin, alatachalcone (16 nmol) significantly inhibited tumor promotion caused by 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA, 1.6 nmol). 366:
are white, fairly large, strong-smelling, and grouped in loose, branched, terminal inflorescences. Flowering occurs in adult trees with trunks over 50 centimetres in diameter, and takes place from the time the new leaves appear.
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The timber, known as azobe, is strong and resistant making it useful for demanding constructions outdoors. The timber also has better electrical properties than other wood making it possible to use it in poles for
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as possible anti-tumor promoters. Murakami A, Tanaka S, Ohigashi H, Hirota M, Irie R, Takeda N, Tatematsu A, Koshimizu K. Department of Food Science and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University,
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are up to 25 centimetres (9.8 in) long and are tough, fairly narrow and elongated, with a rounded or slightly indented tip, and tend to occur in clusters at the ends of the twigs.
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sheds all its leaves during a short period of one to two weeks, usually in December, and the re-growth of bright red young leaves, often simultaneously on all
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J Nat Prod. 2006 Aug;69(8):1206-8. Tih AE, Ghogomu RT, Sondengam BL, Caux C, Bodo B. University of Yaounde I, P.O. Box 812, Yaounde, Cameroon.
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needs full sunlight to grow, seedlings can persist for some time in the shady undergrowth and resume growth if breaks in the
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Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 1992 May;56(5):769-72. Chalcone tetramers, lophirachalcone and alatachalcone, from
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without separate isolators. The colour is reddish brown and the wood is abrasive, dulling tools rapidly.
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African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998.
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trees in an area, can set the canopy ablaze with colour. The flowers of
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Sniffing the bark is used as a traditional treatment for
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The Mist of Mwanenguba: the Lost Worlds of Cameroon
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One of them was identified as 262:Democratic Republic of the Congo 75: 453:were isolated as inhibitors of 562: 553: 519: 326: 1: 516:Downloaded on 22 August 2007. 476: 335:is usually straight, without 535:, 2023, minutes 47:50–48:13. 7: 10: 991: 940:Flora of Equatorial Guinea 350: 624: 199: 192: 72:Scientific classification 70: 48: 39: 30: 23: 390: 407: 308:. It is threatened by 965:Flora of Sierra Leone 593:at Wikimedia Commons 398: 258:Republic of the Congo 935:Flora of Ivory Coast 550:Retrieved 2011-08-24 229:, commonly known as 469:. The other, named 438:(2), and the known 42:Conservation status 525:Best Documentary, 455:Epstein–Barr virus 408: 244:, is a species of 920:Flora of Cameroon 915:Vulnerable plants 892: 891: 815:Open Tree of Life 618:Taxon identifiers 589:Media related to 426:afforded two new 270:Equatorial Guinea 252:. It is found in 242:red ironwood tree 222: 221: 65: 982: 960:Flora of Nigeria 955:Flora of Liberia 885: 884: 872: 871: 862: 861: 849: 848: 836: 835: 823: 822: 810: 809: 797: 796: 784: 783: 771: 770: 758: 757: 745: 744: 732: 731: 719: 718: 706: 705: 693: 692: 683: 682: 670: 669: 660: 659: 658: 645: 644: 643: 613: 612: 608: 588: 574: 566: 560: 557: 551: 545: 536: 529: 523: 517: 504: 422:. The leaves of 343:. The leaves of 205: 80: 79: 59: 54: 53: 35: 21: 20: 990: 989: 985: 984: 983: 981: 980: 979: 975:Flora of Uganda 895: 894: 893: 888: 880: 875: 867: 865: 857: 852: 844: 839: 831: 826: 818: 813: 805: 800: 792: 787: 779: 774: 766: 761: 753: 748: 740: 735: 727: 722: 714: 709: 701: 696: 688: 686: 678: 673: 665: 663: 654: 653: 648: 639: 638: 633: 620: 582: 577: 567: 563: 558: 554: 546: 539: 527: 524: 520: 505: 498: 479: 467:lophirachalcone 444:lithospermoside 413:electric fences 393: 353: 329: 218: 207: 201: 188: 74: 66: 55: 51: 44: 17: 16:Species of tree 12: 11: 5: 988: 978: 977: 972: 970:Flora of Sudan 967: 962: 957: 952: 950:Flora of Ghana 947: 945:Flora of Gabon 942: 937: 932: 927: 922: 917: 912: 907: 890: 889: 887: 886: 882:wfo-0000443232 873: 863: 850: 837: 824: 811: 798: 785: 772: 759: 746: 733: 720: 707: 694: 684: 671: 661: 646: 630: 628: 622: 621: 610: 609: 581: 580:External links 578: 576: 575: 561: 552: 537: 518: 495: 478: 475: 459:teleocidin B-4 392: 389: 352: 349: 337:buttress roots 328: 325: 300:. 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Conservation status
Vulnerable
IUCN 2.3
Scientific classification
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Plantae
Tracheophytes
Angiosperms
Eudicots
Rosids
Malpighiales
Ochnaceae
Lophira
Binomial name
Banks
Gaertn.
plant
Ochnaceae
Cameroon
Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ivory Coast
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Ghana
Liberia
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Sudan

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