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Anthocleista nobilis

Family
Gentianaceae (Gentian family)
Grows as
Tree, Palm
Native range
W. Trop. Africa to Angola
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Anthocleista nobilis, commonly known as cabbage tree, candelarum, and cabbage palm, is a species of plant in the Gentianaceae family. It is a tree that is found from West Tropical Africa to Angola.

Where it grows

Anthocleista nobilis has been recorded from Angola, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Mali, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, and Sierra Leone.

Other Anthocleista plants

Anthocleista amplexicaulis · Anthocleista djalonensis · Forest Fever Tree · Anthocleista inermis · Anthocleista laxiflora · Lesser Forest Fevertree · Anthocleista madagascariensis · Anthocleista microphylla · Anthocleista procera · Anthocleista scandens · Cabbage Tree · Anthocleista

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Anthocleista nobilis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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