| Terminalia leiocarpa | |
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| Anogeissus leiocarpa flowers in Burkina Faso | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Terminalia |
| Species: | T. leiocarpa
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| Binomial name | |
| Terminalia leiocarpa | |
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Terminalia leiocarpa (African birch; Bambara: ngálǎma) is a species of tree in the genus Terminalia.[2][3][4] It is a deciduous tree native of tropical Africa from Senegal and Guinea in the west to Eritrea in the east and as far south as the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[1]
Terminalia leiocarpa germinates in the new soils produced by seasonal wetlands. It is a forest fringe plant, growing at the edges of the rainforest, although not deep in the rainforest. It also grows in savanna, and along riverbanks, where it forms gallery forests. The tree flowers in the rainy season, from June to October. The fruit are winged samaras, and are dispersed by ants.
- ^ a b "Terminalia leiocarpa DC. Baill". Kew Science – Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 July 2024.
- ^ Baill. In: Hist. Pl. 6: 265. (1876).
- ^ Maurin, Olivier; Gere, Jephris; Bank, Michelle Van Der; Boatwright, James Stephen (2017-06-22). "The inclusion of Anogeissus, Buchenavia and Pteleopsis in Terminalia (Combretaceae: Terminaliinae)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 184 (3): 312–325. doi:10.1093/BOTLINNEAN/BOX029.
- ^ Steentoft, Margaret (1988). Flowering Plants in West Africa. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-26192-9.