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Tetrapleura tetraptera

Tetrapleura tetraptera, also known as prekese, aidan fruit, or four corner spice, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae native to Western Africa and Central Africa. The plant is called prekese in the Akan language of Ghana. It is also called uhio (uhiokrihio) in the Igbo language of Nigeria.

Description
A medium grey barked deciduous tree that can grow up to 25 m tall, the trunk is slender and straight while the slash is reddish and scented. Its leaves are bipinnately compound, up to 5 - 9 of mostly opposite pinnae and each pinnae having 12 - 24 leaflets. Leaflets alternate, can reach 2 cm long and 1 cm wide, they are narrowly oblong to elliptic in shape and rounded at both the apex and the base. inside the pod are tiny rattling black to brownish seeds. == Distribution ==
Distribution
Native to Tropical Africa, from Senegal in West Africa to Sudan and Kenya and southwards to Tanzania and Angola. ==References==
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