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Terminalia leiocarpa, known as African birch, is a deciduous tree of tropical Africa that grows in savanna, forest edges and riverbanks. It is a large tree rather than a garden or houseplant, so it suits open tropical or seasonally dry landscapes with a distinct wet season.
Terminalia leiocarpa (African birch; Bambara: ngálǎma) is a species of tree in the family Combretaceae. It is a deciduous tree native of tropical Africa from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Eritrea in the east and as far south as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Terminalia leiocarpa germinates in the new soils produced by seasonal wetlands. It is a forest fringe plant, growing at the edges of the rainforest, although not deep in the rainforest. It also grows in savanna, and along riverbanks, where it forms gallery forests. The tree flowers in the rainy season, from June to October. The fruit are winged samaras, and are dispersed by ants.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Terminalia leiocarpa 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.
