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Placodiscus bancoensis is a tree in the soapberry and maple family, native to the wet tropical forests of Ivory Coast and Ghana. It is a forest species rather than a garden plant, and it is threatened by habitat loss.
Placodiscus bancoensis is a species of plant in the family Sapindaceae. It is found in Ivory Coast and Ghana. It is threatened by habitat loss.
It was first described by André Aubréville and François Pellegrin in 1936.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Placodiscus bancoensis 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.
