Icacina
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| Icacina | |
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| Icacina oliviformis, or the false yam. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Icacinales |
| Family: | Icacinaceae |
| Genus: | Icacina A.Juss. |
Icacina is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Icacinaceae.[1]
Its native range is Cape Verde, Western Tropical Africa to South Sudan and Angola.[1]
Species:[1]
- Icacina claessensii De Wild.
- Icacina guessfeldtii Asch. ex Engl.
- Icacina mannii Oliv. (mutuo)
- Icacina oliviformis (Poir.) J.Raynal (false yam)
- Icacina trichantha Oliv. (urumbia, eriagbo, gbegbe)