Nauclea diderrichii

Nauclea diderrichii
	Specimen of Nauclea diderrichii collected in Liberia
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Gentianales
Family:	Rubiaceae
Genus:	Nauclea
Species:	N. diderrichii
Binomial name
	Nauclea diderrichii; (De Wild.) Merr.
Synonyms
	Sarcocephalus diderrichii De Wild.; Nauclea trillesii Merr.; Sarcocephalus badi Aubrév.; Sarcocephalus trillesii Pierre ex A.Chev.;

Nauclea diderrichii is a species of tree of the genus Nauclea in the family Rubiaceae. It is known by the common names bilinga, aloma, badi, kusia and opepe.

Description

Nauclea diderrichii is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It grows to around 35m to 48m tall, and 1m to 2m in diameter at breast height. It is threatened by overexploitation for timber and habitat loss.^[1]

Uses

The timber is known as bilinga, or Aloma in Germany and opepe in the UK. It is hard, dense and resistant to fungi and insects, and is used in joinery, flooring and marine construction.^[4]^[5]^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b Hills, R. (2021). "Nauclea diderrichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T33058A110069320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T33058A110069320.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
^ "Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2023.
^ CIRAD (2012-03-26). "BILINGA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
^ "Opepe - The Wood Database". www.wood-database.com.
^ "Wood Species Database: Opepe - TRADA". www.trada.co.uk.

External links

Dressler, S.; Schmidt, M. & Zizka, G. (2014). "Nauclea diderrichii". African plants – a Photo Guide. Frankfurt/Main: Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg.

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[iucn_status_16_November_2021-1] Hills, R. (2021). "Nauclea diderrichii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T33058A110069320. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T33058A110069320.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.

[POWO-2] "Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

[3] "Nauclea diderrichii (De Wild.) Merr". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved January 4, 2023.

[4] CIRAD (2012-03-26). "BILINGA" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-17. Retrieved 2013-05-11.

[5] "Opepe - The Wood Database". www.wood-database.com.

[6] "Wood Species Database: Opepe - TRADA". www.trada.co.uk.

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Nauclea diderrichii

Description

Uses

References

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