Triplochiton
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.{{cite web |title=Triplochiton K.Schum. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:26093-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=2 January 2022 |language=en}} It is a small genus of trees comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple.
It is native to Tropical Africa, and found in the countries of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.
Known species
- Triplochiton scleroxylon {{small|K.Schum.}} (African whitewood, Obeche and others,Dominique Louppe (Editor) {{google books|-nw-mZQ0kcEC|Plant Resources of Tropical Africa (PROTA), Timbers 1 (2008)|page=569}} )
- Triplochiton zambesiacus {{small|Milne-Redh.}}
It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 330 in 1900.
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