Anthocleista vogelii
| Anthocleista vogelii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Gentianaceae |
| Genus: | Anthocleista |
| Species: | A. vogelii
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| Binomial name | |
| Anthocleista vogelii Planch. 1848
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Anthocleista vogelii (Family Gentianaceae)[1] commonly called "Murderer's Mat" (from the Ashanti language, the significance unclear) or "Cabbage Tree" in several countries in Africa is a rainforest tree ultimately reaching to eighty feet (24 meters) in height with leaves in opposite pairs up to 14 inches (36 centimeters) long and five inches (12 centimeters) in width in adult trees.[2] Juvenile trees are noteworthy in bearing enormous leaves up to 7.5 feet (2.3 meters) in length by about 18 inches (46 centimeters) wide with wavey edges, in opposite pairs,[3] with nodes spaced about four inches (ten centimeters) apart. These are the largest leaves of any African Dicot.
References[edit]
- ^ "Anthocleista vogelii Planch". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 26 September 2021.
- ^ Menninger, Edwin A. (1967). Fantastic Trees. New York: Viking Press. p. 48.
- ^ op. cit. pp. 48 & 245-247 incl photos p. 246.
- Hook. Ic. Pl. I. 793. (1848).
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