Garcinia afzelii

Garcinia afzelii
Conservation status
	; Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Embryophytes
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Clusiaceae
Genus:	Garcinia
Species:	G. afzelii
Binomial name
	Garcinia afzelii; Engl.
Synonyms
	Garcinia antidysenterica A.Chev. ; Garcinia brevipedicellata (Baker f.) Hutch. & Dalziel ; Garcinia mannii var. brevipedicellata Baker f.;

Garcinia afzelii is a species of small to medium tree in the family Clusiaceae. It is native to west and west-central tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Ghana and from Nigeria to Cameroon, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic.^[2]^[4] It is sometimes called "bitter kola", but this name properly refers to G. kola.^[5]

It grows as an understory tree lowland tropical rain forest, riverine forest, and gallery forest, and at forest edges in the Upper Guinean forests, Lower Guinean forests, and western Congolian rainforests.^[6]

References

↑ Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Garcinia afzelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T34294A9851654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34294A9851654.en. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
1 2 "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
↑ "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
↑ Garcinia afzelii Engl. specimens: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/7801278?tab=specimens
↑ Sosef, Marc S.M.; Dauby, Gilles (2012). "Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species". PhytoKeys (17): 41–62. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.17.3114. PMC 3519353. PMID 23233817.
↑ Fern, Ken. "Garcinia afzelii". Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

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[iucn-1] Hawthorne, W. (1998). "Garcinia afzelii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998 e.T34294A9851654. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34294A9851654.en. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

[POWO-2] 1 2 "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

[COL-3] "Garcinia afzelii Engl". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved May 31, 2023.

[4] Garcinia afzelii Engl. specimens: http://www.tropicos.org/Name/7801278?tab=specimens

[5] Sosef, Marc S.M.; Dauby, Gilles (2012). "Contribution to the taxonomy of Garcinia (Clusiaceae) in Africa, including two new species from Gabon and a key to the Lower Guinean species". PhytoKeys (17): 41–62. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.17.3114. PMC 3519353. PMID 23233817.

[useful-6] Fern, Ken. "Garcinia afzelii". Tropical Plants Database. Retrieved 21 April 2026.

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