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Guinean Montane Forests
The Guinean montane forests are a tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion of West Africa. The ecoregion occupies the portions of the Guinea Highlands lying above 600 meters elevation, extending across portions of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire. It includes the Fouta Djallon plateau and the massifs of Ziama Massif, Ziama, Simandou, Tétini, Béro, Kourandou in Guinea, the Loma Mountains and Tingi Hills in Sierra Leone, the Nimba Range in Guinea, Liberia, and Côte d'Ivoire, and the Monts du Toura in Côte d'Ivoire. Mount Bintumani in the Loma Mountains is the highest peak in West Africa west of Mount Cameroon. The next highest peaks in the region are in the Sankan Biriwa massif (1850 meters) in the Tingi Hills. Average rainfall is between 1,600 and 2400 mm per year and many important rivers have their sources in these mountains. Flora These mountains have a distinct plant cover in various phases according ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimba Range
The Nimba Range forms part of the southern extent of the Guinea Highlands, adjacent to the Toura Mountains. The highest peak is Mount Nimba on the border of Liberia, Ivory Coast and Guinea, at , and at the intersection of the Nimba and Toura Mountains. "Mount Nimba" may refer either to Mount Richard-Molard or to the entire range. Other peaks include Grand Rochers at , Mont Sempéré at , Mont Piérré Richaud at , Mont Tô at , and Mont LeClerc , all of them are located in Guinea. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve of Guinea and Ivory Coast covers significant portions of the Nimba Range. Geology The Nimba Range is a narrow ridge extending approximately 40 km long, with an orientation of northeast–southwest. It is composed mostly of Precambrian rock, including granite and quartzite which contain deposits of iron ore. Mining of top-quality iron-ore poses the major threat to the unique geomorphology and wildlife. There are about fifty springs, including the origins of the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loma Mountains
The Loma Mountains are the highest mountain range in Sierra Leone. The highest peak is Mount Bintumani which rises to a height of . The area has been designated a non-hunting forest reserve since 1952. The reserve covers an area of 33,201 hectares. Environment The vegetation is characterised by Guinea–Congo lowland forest, with montane evergreen forest up to 1,680 m, and montane grassland on the plateau of the massif. At lower elevations, gallery forest and wooded savanna occur. There are also a few villages and areas of farmland.The reserve has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International BirdLife International is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds and their habitats. BirdLife International's priorities include preventing extinction of bird species, identifying and safeguarding i ... because it supports significant populations of many bird species. See also * Protected areas of Sierr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotschya
''Kotschya'' is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae. It includes 30 species native to sub-Saharan Africa. The genus was recently assigned to the informal monophyletic ''Dalbergia'' clade of the Dalbergieae. It contains the following species: * '' Kotschya aeschynomenoides'' (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * '' Kotschya africana'' Endl. * '' Kotschya bullockii'' Verdc. * '' Kotschya capitulifera'' (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * '' Kotschya carsonii'' (Baker) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * '' Kotschya coalescens'' Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * '' Kotschya eurycalyx'' (Harms) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * '' Kotschya goetzei'' (Harms) Verdc. * '' Kotschya imbricata'' Verdc. * ''Kotschya longiloba'' Verdc. * '' Kotschya lutea'' (Porteres) Hepper * '' Kotschya micrantha'' (Harms) Hepper * '' Kotschya ochreata'' (Taub.) Dewit & P.A.Duvign. * ''Kotschya oubanguiensis'' (Tisser.) Verdc. * ''Kotschya parvifolia'' (Burtt Davy) Verdc. * ''Kotschya perrieri'' (R.Vig.) Verdc. * ''Kotschya platyphylla'' (Brenan) Verdc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syzygium
''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. Its highest levels of diversity occur from Malaysia to northeastern Australia, where many species are very poorly known and many more have not been described taxonomically. One indication of this diversity is in leaf size, ranging from as little as a half inch (one cm) to as great as 4 ft 11 inches (1.5 meters) by sixteen inches (38 centimeters) in '' Syzygium acre'' of New Caledonia. Most species are evergreen trees and shrubs. Several species are grown as ornamental plants for their attractive glossy foliage, and a few produce edible fruits called roseapples that are eaten fresh or used in jams and jellies. The most economically important species, however, is the clove ''Syzygium aromaticum'', of which the unopened flower buds are an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canarium Schweinfurthii
''Canarium schweinfurthii'' (commonly known as the bush candle, African olive, African elemi, Empafu, or canarium), is a species of large tree native to tropical Africa.ICRAF Names in many African languages are variations of ''mupafu''. Description Because of similarities in their fruit and leaves, African elemi may be confused with ''Dacryodes edulis''. Distribution and habitat African elemi is found from the coast of Angola, Nigeria, Angola to Uganda. Uses The African elemi tree is one of several sources of the economically useful oleoresin known elemi. In West Africa this resin is traditionally burned for fumigating dwellings and mixed with oil for body paint. African elemi bears edible fruit with a thick, dense, hard endocarp, shell. The hard stones of its fruit are used for traditional divination among Plateau languages, Plateau speakers in the Middle Belt of central Nigeria. Notes References * * * External links Flora of Uganda Taxa named by Adolf Engler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piptadeniastrum
''Piptadeniastrum africanum'' is a tall deciduous tree within the legume family, Fabaceae. It is native to the humid tropics of sub-Saharan Africa, ranging from Senegal to Sudan and Angola. It is the sole species in genus ''Piptadeniastrum''. It is also called ''Piptadenia africana'', and its timber is traded under the names Dabema or Dahoma. It commonly occurs in freshwater swamp forests but can also be found further north. Description ''Piptadeniastrum africanum'' is a medium-sized to large tree capable of growing to 50 meters tall, with the record being and a maximum girth a breast height of in Ghana. It has wide spreading branches. Its trunk is straight and cylindrical while the base of the tree has thin buttress roots that can reach a height of 5 meters or more and extends along the ground, its bark is grey to brown in color but reddish at the base. Leaves are alternate, bipinnately compound in arrangement with about 10 - 20 pairs of pinnae and about 30 - 58 leaflets pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parinari Excelsa
''Parinari excelsa'', the Guinea plum, is a species of large, evergreen tree in the family Chrysobalanaceae. It has a very wide distribution in tropical Africa and the Americas. This species grows to tall while the trunk is up to in diameter. Description ''Parinari excelsa'' is a large evergreen tree with a rounded or flattened crown, reaching a height of up to . The trunk is cylindrical, or slightly sinuous, usually branchless in its lower half, with large buttresses at the base. The bark is greyish, either rough with warty lenticels, or deeply fissured and peeling away in flakes. The twigs are golden-brown and slightly hairy. The leaves are alternate, simple and entire, with small stipules and short petioles. The leaf blades are leathery, ovate or oblong-elliptical, and measure up to . They have rounded bases and tapering apexes; the upper sides are bare but the undersides are densely felted with brown or grey hairs. The inflorescence is a brownish, hairy panicle, about long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cola (plant)
''Cola'' is a genus of trees native to the tropical forests of Africa, classified in the family Malvaceae, subfamily Sterculioideae (previously in the separate family Sterculiaceae). Species in this genus are sometimes referred to as kola tree or kola nut for the caffeine-containing fruit produced by the trees that is often used as a flavoring ingredient in beverages. The genus was thought to be closely related to the South American genus '' Theobroma'', or cocoa, but the latter is now placed in a different subfamily. They are evergreen trees, growing up to 20 m tall (about 60 feet), with glossy ovoid leaves up to 30 cm long and star-shaped fruit. Origin and distribution ''Cola'' is a genus of the Family Malvaceae with approximately 100 to 125 species occurring in the evergreen lowland and montane forest of continental (primarily tropical) Africa. The earliest known evidence of ''Cola'' is ''Cola amharaensis'', a well-preserved fossil leaf compression from the late Oligocene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uapaca
''Uapaca'' is a genus of plant, in the family Phyllanthaceae first described as a genus in 1858. It is the only genus comprised in the tribe Uapaceae. The genus is native to Africa and Madagascar. ''Uapaca'' is dioecious Dioecy ( ; ; adj. dioecious, ) is a characteristic of certain species that have distinct unisexual individuals, each producing either male or female gametes, either directly (in animals) or indirectly (in seed plants). Dioecious reproduction is ..., with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;species ;formerly included moved '' Drypetes'' *''Uapaca griffithii - Drypetes riseleyi'' References Phyllanthaceae Phyllanthaceae genera Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon Dioecious plants {{Phyllanthaceae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhipidoglossum
''Rhipidoglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. It contains 53 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa. Species This genus contains the following species: *'' Rhipidoglossum adoxum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum afrum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri'' – grows in epiphyte forests near waterfalls *'' Rhipidoglossum bilobatum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum brachyceras'' *''Rhipidoglossum brevifolium'' *'' Rhipidoglossum burttii'' *'' Rhipidoglossum candidum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum clavatum'' – lives in Afromontane regions *'' Rhipidoglossum confusum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum cuneatum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum curvatum'' *''Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum'' – native to rivers at elevations of above sea level *''Rhipidoglossum densiflorum'' *''Rhipidoglossum eggelingii'' *''Rhipidoglossum globulare'' – native to Tanzania *''Rhipidoglossum globulosocalcaratum'' *''Rhipidoglossum kamerunense'' *''Rhipidoglossum laticalcar'' *'' Rhipidoglossum laxiflorum' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankan Biriwa
Sankan Biriwa is a mountain massif in the east of Sierra Leone with two peaks, both over 1,700 metres. The mountain is part of the Tingi Hills Forest Reserve. Sankan Biriwa covers an area of 143 km2. It has had the status of a national park since 1947. References See also Protected areas of Sierra Leone This is a list of protected areas of Sierra Leone, including national parks, game reserves, conservation areas, wetlands, and those that are listed as proposed protected areas in the UN Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (U ... {{coord, 8, 54, N, 10, 48, W, display=title, type:forest Guinean montane forests Mountains of Sierra Leone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Cameroon
Mount Cameroon is an active volcano in the Southwest Region of Cameroon next to the city of Buea near the Gulf of Guinea. Mount Cameroon is also known as Cameroon Mountain or Fako (the name of the higher of its two peaks) or by its indigenous name ''Mongo ma Ndemi'' ("Mountain of Greatness"). Mount Cameroon is ranked 22nd by topographic isolation. It is the highest point in sub-Saharan western and central Africa, the fourth-most prominent peak in Africa, and 31st-most prominent in the world. The mountain is part of the area of volcanic activity known as the Cameroon Volcanic Line, which also includes Lake Nyos, the site of a disaster in 1986. The most recent eruption occurred on February 3, 2012. Description Mount Cameroon is one of Africa's largest volcanoes, rising to above the coast of west Cameroon. Flora The mountain's natural vegetation varies with elevation. The main plant communities on the mountain include:''The Management Plan of the Mount Cameroon National ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
