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Species of flowering plant From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Panda oleosa | |
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Panda oleosa, from Vegetation der Erde (1915) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Malpighiales |
Family: | Pandaceae |
Genus: | Panda Pierre |
Species: | P. oleosa |
Binomial name | |
Panda oleosa | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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