Carapa procera, called African crabwood, is a species of tree in the genus Carapa, native to the West African tropics and to the Amazon rainforest, and introduced to Vietnam.[2] Some authorities have split off the South American population into its own species, Carapa surinamensis.[3] The nuts are intensively collected in the wild for their oil, a non-timber forest product.[4] In tropical Africa, the species is increasingly threatened.[5]

Carapa procera
Botanical illustration
Ripe nut
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Meliaceae
Genus:	Carapa
Species:	C. procera
Binomial name
Carapa procera DC.[1]
Synonyms[2]
List Carapa guineensis Sweet Carapa gummiflua C.DC. Carapa guyanensis Oliv. Carapa touloucouna Guill. & Perr. Granatum procerum (DC.) Kuntze Racapa procera M.Roem. Touloucouna gigantea M.Roem. Trichilia procera Forsyth ex DC. Xylocarpus procerus (DC.) Steud. Xylocarpus touloucouna (Guill. & Perr.) Steud. Zelea splendens Ten. Zurloa insignis Ten. Zurloa splendens (Ten.) Ten.

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