Back هليلج رائع Arabic هليلج رائع ARZ Terminalia superba Azerbaijani Terminalia superba CEB Limba (Baum) German Terminalia superba French Terminalia superba Italian Lingoto Lingala Limba (treslag) NB Терминалия великолепная Russian
| Terminalia superba | |
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| Terminalia superba at the Luki Biosphere Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Combretaceae |
| Genus: | Terminalia |
| Species: | T. superba
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| Binomial name | |
| Terminalia superba | |
| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Terminalia superba, the superb terminalia,[3] limba, afara (UK), korina (US), frake (Africa),[4] African limba wood, or ofram (Ghana), is a large tree in the family Combretaceae, native to tropical western Africa.
It grows up to 60 m tall, with a domed or flat crown, and a trunk typically clear of branches for much of its height, buttressed at the base. The leaves are 10 cm long and 5 cm broad, and are deciduous in the dry season (November to February). The flowers are produced at the end of the dry season just before the new leaves; they are small and whitish, growing in loose spikes 10–12 cm long. The fruit is a samara with two wings.
- ^ "Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ "Terminalia superba Engl. & Diels". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000. n.d. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
- ^ NRCS. "Terminalia". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 8 December 2015.
- ^ "Black Limba & White Limba". Commercialforestproducts.com. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.