| Allanblackia floribunda | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Clusiaceae |
| Genus: | Allanblackia |
| Species: | A. floribunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Allanblackia floribunda | |
Allanblackia floribunda, known in English as 'tallow tree', is a species of flowering plant in the family Clusiaceae that has been long used in traditional African medicine to treat hypertension.[1] It is a common understory tree in rainforests in western central Africa - from Sierra Leone to western Cameroon, and on into the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The medium-sized tree (up to 30 meters tall) is evergreen and dioecious (male and female flowers on different plants). The wood is said to be resistant to termites but is not particularly durable. It is fairly easy to work and finishes well but it is of little commercial importance though it has appeared on the market in Liberia as "lacewood".[2]
- ^ Bilanda, DC; Dimo, T; Dzeufiet Djomeni, PD; Bella, NM; Aboubakar, OB; Nguelefack, TB; Tan, PV; Kamtchouing, P (April 2010). "Antihypertensive and antioxidant effects of Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. (Clusiaceae) aqueous extract in alcohol- and sucrose-induced hypertensive rats". J. Ethnopharmacol. 128 (3): 634–40. doi:10.1016/j.jep.2010.02.025. PMID 20193752.
- ^ "Allanblackia floribunda Oliv. [family GUTTIFERAE]". JSTOR Global Plants.