Symphonia globulifera L.fil. is a plant in the Clusiaceae family, order Malpighiales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Symphonia globulifera L.fil.

Symphonia globulifera L.fil.

Symphonia globulifera, commonly boarwood, is a widespread timber tree used medicinally and ornamentally across the Americas and Africa.

Family
Genus
Symphonia
Order
Malpighiales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Symphonia globulifera L.fil.

Symphonia globulifera, commonly called boarwood, is a timber tree abundant in Central America, the Caribbean, South America, and Africa. It is used both as a medicinal plant and an ornamental plant. Its full distribution range is abundant across the Americas, from Mexico and the Caribbean south to Ecuador, and across Africa, from Liberia east to Uganda and south to Angola.

Photo: (c) Eduardo Chacón Madrigal, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Eduardo Chacón Madrigal · cc-by

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Malpighiales Clusiaceae Symphonia

More from Clusiaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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