Malvaceae

Obeche

Triplochiton scleroxylon K.Schum.

Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Triplochiton

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Obeche: Arbre retrouvée en général dans les forêts tropicales du sud-ouest Togo — Photo: Akouete, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (16)

Akan: Ɔwawa, Wawa
arz: تربلوتشيتون سكليروكسيلون
Chinese: 伞白桐
dag: Wawa
Dutch: Abachi, Ayous, Ayus, Wawa
English: Obeche, African whitewood, Arere, Samba
Finnish: Apassi, Apachi, Abachi, Abatsi
French: Abachi, Ayous, Obeche, Samba
German: Abachi, Abachi-Baum, Ajous, Ayous
Greek: Αγιούζ
Hungarian: Abachi
Italian: Ayous, Obeche
Japanese: オベチェ, アフリカスオウ, アユース, オベチュ, サンバ, ワワ
Persian: درخت قاب
Russian: Абачи, Триплохитон твердосмолый
Yoruba: Arère

Synonyms

Samba scleroxylon (K.Schum.) Roberty
Triplochiton johnsonii C.H.Wright
Triplochiton nigericum Sprague

Photos

Photo: Akouete, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Alhamdoullillah, CC0, 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.