''Xylopia le-testui'', also known as canzi, is a plant in the custard apple family Annonaceae. It was first described in 1920 by

François Pellegrin François Pellegrin (25 September 1881, in Paris's 6e arrondissement – 9 April 1965, in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement) was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa. He published some 623 plant names ...

. A recognized variety, ''X. l.'' var. ''longepilosa'', known as endong, was described in 1969 by Annick Le Thomas.

Description

It is an

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, which ...

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

with brown bark growing up to 25 metres high.

Distribution

The species is native to Central Africa.

References

le-testui Trees of Africa Plants described in 1920 {{Annonaceae-stub