Isoberlinia doka

Isoberlinia doka is a hardwood tree native to African tropical savannas and Guinean forest-savanna mosaic dry forests where it can form single species stands.[2] The tree is exploited for its economic value as a commercial timber. The leaves and shoots of the tree dominate the diet of the Giant Eland in its range.[3] The tree is a host plant for Anaphe moloneyi (superfamily Thaumetopoeidae), one of the caterpillars that produces a wild silk, sayan, local to parts of Nigeria.[4]

Isoberlinia doka
Dry forest of Isoberlinia doka in Comoé-Léraba Reserve, Burkina Faso

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Fabales
Family:
Fabaceae
Genus:
Isoberlinia
Species:
I. doka
Binomial name
Isoberlinia doka

References
  1. Contu, S. (2012). "Isoberlinia doka". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  2. Baker, Kathleen M. (2000). Indigenous Land Management in West Africa: An Environmental Balancing Act (Oxford Geographical and Environmental Studies). Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-823393-0.
  3. Kingdon, Jonathan (1984). East African Mammals: An Atlas of Evolution in Africa. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-43718-3.
  4. Kriger, Colleen E. (2006). Cloth in West African History. AltaMira Press. ISBN 0-7591-0422-0.


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