Butter Tree (Pentadesma butyracea)
Description
Pentadesma butyracea has a cylindrical barrel, straight without a buttress and an average height of 20 m . It carries large bright red flowers, giving edible berries whose seed is used to make butter. The large flowers of the butter tree are pollinated by an African bat ( Megaloglossus woermanni ).
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum: Magnoliophyta
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Malpighiales
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Family: Clusiaceae
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Genus: Pentadesma
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