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| Sindoropsis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Detarieae |
| Genus: | Sindoropsis J.Léonard (1957) |
| Species: | S. letestui |
| Binomial name | |
| Sindoropsis letestui (Pellegr.) J.Léonard (1957) | |
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Sindoropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae. It contains a single species, Sindoropsis letestui, a tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central Tropical Africa. It grows in tropical lowland rain forest.
The timber of S. letestui, known as gheombi, is used for furniture, joinery, flooring, veneers, and boxes and crates.
