Terminalia superba

Terminalia superba
Terminalia superba at the Luki Biosphere Reserve
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Combretaceae
Genus: Terminalia
Species:
T. superba
Binomial name
Terminalia superba
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Terminalia altissima A.Chev.

Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia,[3] limba, afara (UK), korina (US), frake (Africa),[4] African limba wood, or ofram (Ghana), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.

It grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base. The leaves are 10 cm long and 5 cm broad, and are deciduous in the dry season (November to February). The flowers are produced at the end of the dry season just before the new leaves; they are small and whitish, growing in loose spikes 10–12 cm long. The fruit is a samara with two wings.

  1. ^ "Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. ^ "Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  3. ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "​Terminalia​". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  4. ^ "Black Limba & White Limba". Commercialforestproducts.com. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.