Baphia pubescens

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| image = Baphia pubescens-NMNH-13241545.jpg

| image_caption = Baphia pubescens herbarium specimen

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/144292055/149061557 IUCN list - Baphia pubescens]

| genus = Baphia

| species = pubescens

| authority = Hook.f

| range_map = Baphia pubescens distribution.svg

| range_map_caption = The distribution of Baphia pubescens

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Baphia pubescens is a medium size tree common in Guineo-Congolian forest. It is known as {{lang|ak|odwenkobiri}} in the Akan language of Ghana.{{cite book |last1=Hall |first1=J. B. |last2=Swaine |first2=M. D. |title=Distribution and ecology of vascular plants in a tropical rain forest: Forest vegetation in Ghana |date=18 April 2013 |publisher=Springer Science & Business Media |isbn=978-94-009-8650-3 |page=133 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xMDrCAAAQBAJ |access-date=6 December 2021 |language=en}}

It is a pioneer species associated with acidic soils in Ghana.{{Cite book|last=Hawthorne|first=W.D.|title=Ecological profiles of Ghanaian forest trees|publisher=Oxford Forestry Institute, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford|year=1995|isbn=|location=Oxford|pages=52}} It thrives in the forest understory.

There are medicinal uses for the bark, bark oil, and sap of the tree, as they are said to be antirheumatic and a diuretic. The wood is used to produce dye and for carpentry.{{cite web |title=Baphia pubescens - Useful Tropical Plants |url=https://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Baphia+pubescens |website=tropical.theferns.info |access-date=6 December 2021}}

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