Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author= Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) & IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group |date=2019 |title= Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus |volume=2019 |page= e.T137990008A143718798 |doi= 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T137990008A143718798.en |access-date=2 June 2023}}

|genus = Lasiodiscus

|species = fasciculiflorus

|authority = Engl.

|synonyms ={{species list

|Lasiodiscus contumax|N.Hallé

|Lasiodiscus usambarensis var. gossweileri|Cavaco}}

|synonyms_ref ={{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:717602-1 |title= Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus Engl. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=June 2, 2023}}{{cite web |url= https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3SDKF |title= Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus Engl. |author= |date=n.d. |website=Catalogue of Life |publisher=Species 2000 |access-date=June 2, 2023}}

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Lasiodiscus fasciculiflorus is a species of shrub or small tree in the family Rhamnaceae that is native to forests of the West African tropics.{{cite book |last1=Burkill |first1=H.M. |title=The useful plants of west tropical Africa | volume = 4 |date=1985 |publisher=Global Plants, Kew Gardens |url=http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.upwta.4_772 |accessdate=7 July 2015}} It occurs from Sierra Leone to Nigeria and the D.R.C. The bark is used in medicine to treat various ailments.

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Category:Trees of Africa

fasciculiflorus

Category:Taxa named by Adolf Engler

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