Fabaceae

African teak

Pericopsis elata (Harms) Meeuwen

Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Pericopsis

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African teak: Picture of Afrormosia wood veneer sample — Photo: David from UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (9)

arz: بريكوبسيس ايلاتا
Bulgarian: Афрормозия
Chinese: 大美木豆, 凸聖豆, 凸莖豆, 高大花檀
Czech: Afrormosia
Dutch: Afrormosia
English: African teak, Afromosia, Afrormosia
Italian: Afrormosia
Japanese: ペリコプスィス・エラタ
Norwegian Bokmål: Kokrodua

Synonyms

Afrormosia elata Harms

Photos

Photo: David from UK, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: VALENTIN NVJ, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.