''Newbouldia'' is a genus of

plant Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclud ...

s in the family Bignoniaceae native to Africa. It is a monotypic genus consisting of the species ''Newbouldia laevis'' (common name: boundary tree). The tree has a wide distribution across

West West or Occident is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from east and is the direction in which the Sunset, Sun sets on the Earth. Etymology The word "west" is a Germanic languages, German ...

and

Central Africa Central Africa is a subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions. Angola, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, ...

. It is often planted as a boundary marker. It also has various medicinal uses.Feedipedia
/ref> It is called ewe Akoko in Yoruba people of west Africa and Ogilisi by the Igbo people.

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Bignoniaceae Bignoniaceae genera Monotypic Lamiales genera {{Bignoniaceae-stub