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Triplochiton is a genus of flowering plants in the family Malvaceae.[1] It is a small genus of trees comprising tall tropical African trees with palmately lobed alternate leaves like those of the maple and being included in the Sterculiaceae subfamily of Malvaceae.[2]

Triplochiton
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Subfamily:	Helicteroideae
Tribe:	Helictereae
Genus:	Triplochiton K.Schum.
Synonyms
Samba Roberty

It is native to Tropical Africa, and found in the countries of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[1]

Known species

As accepted by Kew;[1]

• Triplochiton scleroxylon K.Schum. (African whitewood, Obeche and others,[3] )
• Triplochiton zambesiacus Milne-Redh.

It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.28 on page 330 in 1900.[1]

References

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Triplochiton es un género de plantas fanerógamas de la familia Malvaceae con siete especies. Es originario del África tropical.

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