Lannea microcarpa
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| Lannea microcarpa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Lannea |
| Species: | L. microcarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Lannea microcarpa | |
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Lannea djalonica A.Chev. | |
Lannea microcarpa is a dioecious plant within the Anacardiaceae family. It is also called African grapes and occurs in the Sudan and Guinea savanna of West Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. The plant is used to dye basilan fini, a traditional cloth in a red and brown colour.[4]
The species is capable of growing up to 15 m high with a rather short trunk and dense crown, it has a grey and smooth bark with a reddish and white fibrous slash.[5] Leaves; alternate and imparipinnate, up to 23 cm long, with 2–3 leaflets per pinnae; leaf-blade is narrowly ovate in outline, 5–13 cm long and 2.5–6 cm wide, leaflets have a rough and waxy adaxial surface.[5] Inflorescence is terminal raceme. Fruits are ellipsoid in shape, grows in raceme like bundles of between 3-25, purple to blackish color when ripe.[6]
