Carapa procera

Description

Carapa procera is atree species of the family Meliaceae found inwestern and equatorial Africa from Senegal to Angola It is called touloucouna in Senegal Gobi Kowi in Sierra Leone Toon-kor-dah in Liberia Alla Dona in Ivory Coast Bete Krupi in Ghana Agogo in NigeriaMujogo Mutongana in Uganda Crabwood in English 2 etc. The species of South America present at Brazil and the Guiana Shield and known by the local name carapa in Guyana tiviru in Palikur Yani in Wayampi Andiroba in Brazil long identified as the of Carapa procera has been separated from the African species and is now called Carapa surinamensis Miq. 3