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African oil bean
Pentaclethra macrophylla
About
Pentaclethra macrophylla, also known as the African oil bean, tree is a large size tree with long bipinnate compound leaves that is endemic to West and Central Africa. It is within the family Fabaceae. Seeds of the species are prepared and fermented to make Ugba, a soup condiment in Nigeria.
- Family
- Fabaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Pentaclethra macrophylla
- Slug
- pentaclethra-macrophylla
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pentaclethra
- Species
- macrophylla
- Wikidata QID
- Q3327335
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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