Garcinia afzelii

Garcinia afzelii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Clusiaceae
Genus: Garcinia
Species:
G. afzelii
Binomial name
Garcinia afzelii
Synonyms
  • Garcinia antidysenterica A.Chev.
  • Garcinia brevipedicellata (Baker f.) Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Garcinia mannii var. brevipedicellata Baker f.

Garcinia afzelii is a species of small to medium tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is native to west and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana and from Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic. It is sometimes called "bitter kola", but this name properly refers to G. kola.

It grows as an understory tree lowland tropical rain forest, riverine forest, and gallery forest, and at forest edges in the Upper Guinean forests, Lower Guinean forests, and western Congolian rainforests.

References

  1. ↑ Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Garcinia afzelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T34294A9851654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34294A9851654.en. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ↑ Garcinia afzelii Engl. specimens: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/7801278?tab=specimens
  5. ↑ Sosef, Marc S.M.; Dauby, Gilles (2012). "Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species". PhytoKeys (17): 41–62. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.17.3114. PMC 3519353. PMID 23233817.
  6. ↑ Fern, Ken. "Garcinia afzelii". Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 21 April 2026.