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Terminalia ivorensis
Also called Black Afara, Blackbark, Brimstonewood, Satinwood, Shinglewood
In Singapore: Black Afara, Brimestonewood (Grown in Singapore)
Terminalia ivorensis is a large timber tree from West African rainforest, valued for its wood. It is not a common garden or houseplant, and it grows too large for most home settings.
Terminalia ivorensis is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae, and is known by the common names of Ivory Coast almond, idigbo, black afara, framire and emeri.
The durable heartwood is used as timber in joinery and high-class furniture.
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[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia ivorensis 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.
