Biology:Sindoropsis

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Short description: Genus of legumes

Sindoropsis
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Detarieae
Genus: Sindoropsis
J.Léonard (1957)
Species:
S. letestui
Binomial name
Sindoropsis letestui
(Pellegr.) J.Léonard (1957)
Synonyms[1]
  • Copaifera letestui (Pellegr.) Pellegr. (1947)
  • Detarium letestui Pellegr. (1923)

Sindoropsis is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Detarioideae.[2] It contains a single species, Sindoropsis letestui, a tree native to Cameroon and Gabon in west-central Tropical Africa. It grows in tropical lowland rain forest.[1]

The timber of S. letestui, known as gheombi, is used for furniture, joinery, flooring, veneers, and boxes and crates.[1]

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