| 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]
References
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
- ^ Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
- ^ Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
- ^ Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
- ^ Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
- ^ Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
- ^ Chimp Nut-Cracking Site Offers Clues to Early Tool Use. By Bijal P. Trivedi, National Geographic Today. May 23, 2002
- ^ Vegetable oils. PROTA. 2007. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-90-5782-191-2.
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