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Guinean Montane Forests
The Guinean montane forests are a 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, 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 1,600–2400 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 to elevation, with up to 35 endemic species including a '' R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nimba Range
The Nimba Range forms part of the southern extent of the Guinea Highlands. The highest peak is Mount Richard-Molard on the border of Côte d'Ivoire and Guinea, at 1,752 m (5,750 ft). "Mount Nimba" may refer either to Mount Richard-Molard or to the entire range. Other peaks include Grand Rochers at 1694 m (5558 ft), Mont Sempéré at 1682 m (5518 ft), Mont Piérré Richaud at 1670 m (5479 ft), Mont Tô at 1675 m (5495 ft), and Mont LeClerc 1577 m (5174 ft), all of them are located in Guinea. Mount Nimba Strict Nature Reserve of Guinea and Côte d'Ivoire 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 w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loma Mountains
The Loma Mountains are the highest mountain range in Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the northern half of the nation. Covering a total area of , Sierr .... 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. See also * Protected areas of Sierra Leone References Afromontane Guinean montane forests Mountain ranges of Sierra Leone Northern Province, Sierra Leone Protected areas of Sierra Leone {{SierraLeone-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kotschya
''Kotschya'' is a genus of legumes in the family Fabaceae, and 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. * ''Kotschya princeana'' (Harms) Verdc. * ''Kotschya pr ... [...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. 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 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 important spice. Some of the edible species of ''Syzygium'' are planted throughout the tropics worldwide, and several have become invasive species in some island ecosystems. Several species of ''Syzygium'' bear fruits that are edible for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canarium Schweinfurthii
''Canarium schweinfurthii'' (commonly known as the bush candle, African olive, African elemi, 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 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 shell. The hard stones of its fruit are used for traditional divination among Plateau speakers in the Middle Belt The Middle Belt (also spelt Middle-Belt or Central Nigeria) is a term used in human geography to designate a belt region stretching across central Nigeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piptadeniastrum
''Piptadeniastrum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name ''Caesalpinia''. It is known also as the peacock flower subfamily. The Caesalpinioideae .... References Mimosoids Fabaceae genera {{Mimosoideae-stub ... [...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 South America. 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 An inflorescence is a group or cl ... [...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 Oligocen ... [...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, with male and female flowers on separate plants. ;species ;formerly included moved ''Drypetes ''Drypetes'' is a plant genus of the family Putranjivaceae, in the order Malpighiales. It was previously in the family Euphorbiaceae, tribe Drypeteae, and was the sole pantropical zoochorous genus of the family. The genus comprises about 200 s ...'' *''Uapaca griffithii - Drypetes riseleyi'' References Flora of Africa 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 about 20-30 species, all from sub-Saharan Africa. Species This genus contains the following species: *'' Rhipidoglossum arbonnieri'' - Grows in epiphyte forests near waterfalls *'' Rhipidoglossum caffrum'' *'' Rhipidoglossum clavatum'' - lives in Montane ecosystems *'' Rhipidoglossum delepierreanum'' - Native to rivers at elevations of above sea level *'' Rhipidoglossum globularis'' - Native to Tanzania *'' Rhipidoglossum montealenense'' - Native to costal southwest Guinea *'' Rhipidoglossum millarii'' - Grows in costal forests on twigs *'' Rhipidoglossum leedalii'' - native to Kenya and Tanzania in Eastern Africa *'' Rhipidoglossum pareense'' - Native to the Pare Mountains of Tanzania *'' Rhipidoglossum pusilla'' - A plant dwarf with a stem of *'' Rhipidoglossum rutilum'' - Native to tropical Africa *'' Rhipidoglossum xanthopollinia'' See also * List of Orchidaceae genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sankan Biriwa
Sankan Biriwa is a mountain massif in the east of Sierra Leone with two Summit (topography), peaks, both over 1,800 metres, the northernmost is the second highest in Sierra Leone at 1,850 m. 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 South West 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"). It is the highest point in sub-Saharan western and central Africa, the fourth-most prominent peak in Africa, and the 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. It rises from the coast through tropical rainforest to a bare summit, which is cold, windy, and occasionally dusted with snow. The massive steep-sided volcano of dominantly basaltic-to-trachybasaltic composition forms a volc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
