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  Name African Corkwood
  Regnum Plant ae
  Phylum Magnoliophyta
  Classis Magnoliopsida
  Ordo Rosales
  Familia Moraceae
  Genus '' Musanga ''
  Species '''''M cecropioides'''''
  Binomial ''Musanga cecropioides''
  Binomial Authority RBr & Tedlie


The African Corkwood Tree (''Musanga cecropioides''), also known as the '''Umbrella tree''', is found in Africa from Sierra Leone to Angola and eastward to Uganda . It is typical in Secondary Forest s.

This tree is also known as ''Parasolier'', ''N'Govoge'', ''Doe'', ''Umbrella Tree'', ''kombo-kombo'', ''musanga'', ''musanda'' and ''Govwi''.


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