Biology:Poga
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Short description: Genus of Anisophylleaceae plants
| Poga | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Cucurbitales |
| Family: | Anisophylleaceae |
| Genus: | Poga Pierre[1] |
| Species: | P. oleosa
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| Binomial name | |
| Poga oleosa Pierre[1]
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Poga is a genus of flowering plants in the family Anisophylleaceae. It has only one currently accepted species, Poga oleosa, a large tree found from southeast Nigeria to Gabon.[2] Its common names include afo nut, inoi/inoy nut and poga.[3] Its seeds are dispersed by forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis).[4] Local people collect and sell the edible nuts for their oil.[5] The wood, known as ovoga, is used for veneers, furniture and boxes.[5]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 2: 1254 (1896)
- ↑ "Poga Pierre". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:676426-1.
- ↑ "Poga oleosa afo nut". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/160575/i-Poga-oleosa-i/Details. "Other common names; ... inoi nut, inoy nut, poga"
- ↑ Beaune, David; Fruth, Barbara; Bollache, Loïc; Hohmann, Gottfried; Bretagnolle, François (2013). "Doom of the elephant-dependent trees in a Congo tropical forest". Forest Ecology and Management 295: 109–117. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.12.041.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Poga oleosa Ovoga". USDA. https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/htmlDocs_africa/Pogaoleosa.html.
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