genus nauclea

Noun
  1. Small genus of evergreen tropical shrubs or trees with smooth leathery leaves (synset 112689493)
    is a type of: asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
    member holonym: nauclea diderrichii, opepe, sarcocephalus diderrichii - large African forest tree yielding a strong hard yellow to golden brown lumber; sometimes placed in genus Sarcocephalus
    belongs to: family rubiaceae, madder family, rubiaceae - widely distributed family of mostly tropical trees and shrubs and herbs; includes coffee and chinchona and gardenia and madder and bedstraws and partridgeberry
    same as: nauclea

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