Panda oleosa | |
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Panda oleosa, from Vegetation der Erde (1915) | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Pandaceae |
Genus: |
Panda Pierre |
Species: | P. oleosa
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Binomial name | |
Panda oleosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Panda is a plant genus of the family Pandaceae. It contains only one known species, Panda oleosa, native to western and central Africa ( Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cabinda, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Zaire). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Chimpanzees have been observed to hammer on the nuts of Panda oleosa, which are particularly hard to open. [8]
Humans cook and eat the seeds and also use an oil produced by the seeds in food preparation, the wood is used to make canoes and for carpentry. [9]
Panda oleosa | |
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Panda oleosa, from Vegetation der Erde (1915) | |
Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Pandaceae |
Genus: |
Panda Pierre |
Species: | P. oleosa
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Binomial name | |
Panda oleosa | |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Panda is a plant genus of the family Pandaceae. It contains only one known species, Panda oleosa, native to western and central Africa ( Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cabinda, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Zaire). [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Chimpanzees have been observed to hammer on the nuts of Panda oleosa, which are particularly hard to open. [8]
Humans cook and eat the seeds and also use an oil produced by the seeds in food preparation, the wood is used to make canoes and for carpentry. [9]