| Afzelia | |
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| Afzelia africana fruit and seed - MHNT | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Fabaceae |
| Subfamily: | Detarioideae |
| Tribe: | Afzelieae |
| Genus: | Afzelia Sm. (1798) |
| Species[1] | |
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12; see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Afzelia is a genus of plants in family Fabaceae. The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia.
The genus name of Afzelia is in honour of Adam Afzelius (1750–1837), a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.[2]
- ^ a b Afzelia Sm. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen [Index of Eponymic Plant Names] (in German). doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5.[page needed]