The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Daniellia ogea
Also called Accra Copal, Gum Copal, Ogea, Faro
Daniellia ogea is a large forest tree of West and Central Africa, reaching up to 45 m, valued for its aromatic resin (Faro). It is a forest emergent rather than a garden or houseplant, so cultivation advice is limited.
Daniellia ogea is a species of tree that belongs to the family Fabaceae. It is also known locally as the gum copal tree, the Benin copal, or the Accra copal, and it is traded under the name Faro.
It occurs in tropical western Africa from Senegal to Gabon. It is found in evergreen and moist semi-deciduous forest zones, in rocky slopes or well drained valleys.
Gum obtained from the wood is used is applied in various uses such as a protective coating, as a fragrant for clothes and also as a cosmetic ointment.
Daniellia klainei · Daniellia oblonga · African copaiba balsam tree · Daniellia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Daniellia ogea by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
