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Representative bark texture, not a photograph of a documented Ɔfram — a species-verified image is still to come.
Akan
Ɔfram
Cherry Mahogany · Limba
Terminalia superba
Where It Grows
Western & Ashanti forest zone
Oframase — Named directly for the Ɔfram tree that once stood at the site.
Approximate — anchored to the nearest known place name.
Explore full map →Why It's Protected
A commercially valuable timber species subject to Ghana's log-export restrictions — the Forestry Commission requires a permit to fell, and much of what remains stands inside protected forest reserves rather than open farmland.
Uses & Benefits
- —Pale, easily-worked timber for furniture and plywood
- —Fast-growing — used in reforestation and agroforestry plots
- —Bark used in traditional medicine for stomach ailments
If you would not let a human being die, why would you let a forest burn? Every material is alive — the tree is not a metaphor. The tree is ancestor.
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