Biology:Pouteria altissima

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Pouteria altissima
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Pouteria
Species:
P. altissima
Binomial name
Pouteria altissima
(A.Chev.) Baehni

Pouteria altissima is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae, and a source of anigre hardwood. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss.

References

  1. African Regional Workshop (1998). Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996. "Pouteria altissima". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 1998: e.T34647A9881212. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34647A9881212.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/34647/0. Retrieved 22 December 2017. 

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