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Afrocarpus
Also called African Yellowwoods
Afrocarpus, the African yellowwoods, is a genus of large evergreen conifer trees from the cool, moist highlands of eastern and southern Africa. It is grown mainly as a shade or landscape tree in frost-free climates, and it needs room to grow.
Afrocarpus is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae, native to Africa. Five species are recognized. Afrocarpus was designated a genus in 1989, when several species formerly classified in Podocarpus and Nageia were reclassified.
As the name intimates, Afrocarpus is native to Africa. The species are distributed through the Afromontane forests of eastern and southern Africa, descending to the Indian Ocean coast in South Africa. The genus is native to Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
In South Africa, this wood is mostly used to make exclusive furniture.
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