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Milicia excelsa
About
Milicia excelsa is a tree species from the genus Milicia of the family Moraceae. Distributed across tropical Central Africa, it is one of two species yielding timber commonly known as ọjị, African teak, iroko, intule, kambala, moreira, mvule, odum and tule. The tree has several medicinal applications and is considered sacred in parts of West Africa. It is currently listed as "near-threatened" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
- Family
- Moraceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Milicia excelsa
- Slug
- milicia-excelsa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Moraceae
- Genus
- Milicia
- Species
- excelsa
- Wikidata QID
- Q3018022
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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