obechi

A noun referring to a large West African tree with palmately lobed leaves, small white flowers in axillary cymose panicles, and one-winged seeds, which yields soft white to pale yellow wood.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un gran árbol de África occidental con hojas palmatilobadas, pequeñas flores blancas en panículas cimosas axilares y sámaras monospermas, que proporciona una madera blanda, blanca o amarillo pálido.

1. Large West African tree C2 formal

   A large West African tree with large, palmately lobed leaves, axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers, and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood.

   • The obechi tree is native to the tropical forests of West Africa.
   • The wood from the obechi is often used for light construction and carving.
   • Botanists study the obechi for its unique seed dispersal mechanism.

   🇪🇸Triplochiton escleroxilon

   Sinónimos: obechesamba