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Definition of Triplochiton
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leaves.
Generic synonyms: Dilleniid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Sterculiaceae, Sterculia Family, Sterculiaceae
Member holonyms: Arere, Obeche, Obechi, Samba, Triplochiton Scleroxcylon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Triplochiton
Literary usage of Triplochiton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1905)
"Its nearest ally is an African genus, triplochiton, which has been made the basis
of a new natural order, ..."
2. Management of Secondary and Logged-over Forests in Indonesia: Selected by Plinio Sist, C. Sabogal, Yvonne Byron (1999)
"During the forest transgressions, semi-deciduous rainforest species (Celtis
sp., triplochiton sp., ..."
3. Economic Instruments for Tropical Forests: The Congo Basin Case by Alain Karsenty (2000)
"Example: one m3 of veneer sheet of obeche [triplochiton scleroxylon] sells for
export at FF 2400. The FOB price of one m3 of obeche log is, on average, ..."
4. Measuring and Monitoring Biodiversity in Tropical and Temperate Forests by Timothy James Butler Boyle, B. Boontawee (1995)
"Class 1a Class Ib Class 2a Class 2b Class 3 Entandrophragma cylindricum E.
utile Khaya ivorensis triplochiton scleroxylon ..."
5. Promoting Stewardship of Forests in the Humid Forest Zone of Anglophone West by Dennis P. Dykstra, United Nations Environment Programme (1996)
"... (Entandrophragma utile), African mahogany (Khaya ivorensis) and
wawa/obeche (triplochiton scleroxylon) which readily attain heights greater than 50 m. ..."
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