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:Family: Rhizophoraceae
== Vernacular names ==
The stems of ''Cassipourea afzelii'' are strong, tough and durable.
== Botany Description ==
Slender-branched shrub or small tree up to 15 m tall. Leaves opposite, simple, glabrous; stipules between the petioles; petiole 4–7 mm long; blade broadly oblong to elliptical, 7–14 cm × 3–6 cm, base rounded or cuneate, apex acuminate, margin toothed to entire, glaucous, pale. Inflorescence an axillary fascicle, 1–3-flowered, lax. Flowers bisexual, regular, 5-merous; pedicel 1–3 mm long; calyx cup-shaped, 3–4 mm long, with ovate-lanceolate lobes, glabrous outside, appressed hairy inside; petals deeply fringed, white; stamens 10; ovary superior, 3-celled. Fruit an indehiscent capsule, green, few-seeded. Seeds c. 2 mm × 2 mm, with aril, testa leathery.
=== ''Cassipourea firestoneana'' ===
''[[Cassipourea firestoneana]]'' Hutch. & Dalziel ex G.P.Cooper & Record is a tree up to 28 m tall and endemic to Liberia. Its wood is used for planks, hut-poles and canoe paddles; it is brownish yellow, hard, heavy, strong, flexible and durable.
=== ''Cassipourea nialatou'' ===
''[[Cassipourea nialatou]]'' Aubrév. & Pellegr. occurs in Liberia and Côte d’Ivoire. It is a tree up to 30 m tall and easily recognized by the characteristically coiled stem base. Its wood is considered suitable for construction and interior joinery, but the high shrinkage rates and the unfavourable drying properties limit its usefulness.
== Ecology ==
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