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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
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
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Species:
P. oleosa
Binomial name
Panda oleosa
Synonyms[1]
  • Porphyranthus Engl.
  • Porphyranthus zenkeri Engl.
  • Sorindeia rubiflora Engl.

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]


References


  1. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Harris, D.J. (2002). The vascular plants of the Dzanga-Sangha Reserve, Central African Republic: 1-274. National Botanic Garden (Belgium), Meise.
  3. Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo , ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.
  4. Sosef, M.S.M. & al. (2006). Check-list des plantes vasculaires du Gabon. Scripta Botanica Belgica 35: 1-438.
  5. Figueiredo, E. & Smith, G.F. (2008). Plants of Angola. Strelitzia 22: 1-279. National Botanical Institute, Pretoria.
  6. Lisowski, S. (2009). Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée. Scripta Botanica Belgica 41: 1-517.
  7. Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania. Revue de Taxonomie et de Nomenclature Botaniques 30: 1-307.
  8. Chimp Nut-Cracking Site Offers Clues to Early Tool Use. By Bijal P. Trivedi, National Geographic Today. May 23, 2002
  9. Vegetable oils. PROTA. 2007. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-90-5782-191-2.



На других языках


[de] Panda oleosa

Panda oleosa ist ein Baum in der Familie der Pandaceae aus dem zentralen bis westlichen Afrika. Es ist die einzige Art der Gattung Panda.
- [en] Panda oleosa

[es] Panda (planta)

Panda es un género monotípico perteneciente a la familia de las Pandaceae con una especie, Panda oleosa, de plantas nativas de África y Malasia.[1]



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