''Tridesmostemon'' is a genus of the

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described as a genus in 1905.Tropicos, ''Tridesmostemon'' Engl.
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Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

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Tridesmostemon congoensis ''Tridesmostemon'' is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1905. ''Tridesmostemon'' is native to western and central Africa. ;Species # '' Tridesmostemon congoensis'' (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr - Gabon # ''Tridesmost ...

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Gabon Gabon ( ; ), officially the Gabonese Republic (), is a country on the Atlantic coast of Central Africa, on the equator, bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo to the east and south, and ...

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Tridesmostemon omphalocarpoides ''Tridesmostemon'' is a genus of the plant family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1905. ''Tridesmostemon'' is native to western and central Africa. ;Species # ''Tridesmostemon congoensis'' (A.Chev.) Aubrév. & Pellegr - Gabon # ''Tridesmoste ...

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Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

, Cabinda, Central African Rep.,

West Congo The Republic of the Congo, also known as Congo-Brazzaville, the Congo Republic or simply the Congo (the last ambiguously also referring to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo), is a country located on the western coast of Central ...

, East Congo

References

Chrysophylloideae Sapotaceae genera Taxa named by Adolf Engler Flora of the Afrotropical realm {{Sapotaceae-stub