[[File:Map Annickia polycarpa.gif|thumb|distribution in Africa (wild)]]
[[File:Linedrawing Annickia polycarpa.gif|thumb|1, flowering twig; 2, flower; 3, fruit. Redrawn and adapted by Isaac Ossei Agyekumhene]]
[[File:Annickia polycarpa 10 Aug 2008 P1040063IMG_2948.jpg|thumb|slash]][[File:Annickia polycarpa 10 Aug 2008 P1040064.jpg|thumb|upper face of leaves]][[File:Annickia polycarpa IMG_294810 Aug 2008 P1040063.jpg|thumb|lower face of leaves]]
<big>''[[Annickia polycarpa]]'' (DC.) Setten & Maas</big>
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Wood-anatomical description (IAWA hardwood codes):
*Growth rings: 1: growth ring boundaries distinct; 2: growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; 23: shape of alternate pits polygonal; 25: intervessel pits small (4–7 μm); 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 42: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100–200 μm; 47: 5–20 vessels per square millimetre. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 69: fibres thin- to thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: 86: axial parenchyma in narrow bands or lines up to three cells wide; 88: axial parenchyma scalariform; 89: axial parenchyma in marginal or in seemingly marginal bands; 92: four (3–4) cells per parenchyma strand. *Rays: 98: larger rays commonly 4- to 10-seriate; 102: ray height > 1 mm; (103: rays of two distinct sizes); 104: all ray cells procumbent; 106: body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells; 114: <font size="1">≤</font> 4 rays per mm; 115: 4–12 rays per mm.
(N.P. Mollel, P.E. Gasson & H. Beeckman)
== Author(s) ==
* E.A. Obeng , Forestry Research Institute of Ghana (FORIG), University P.O. Box 63, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana
== Correct citation of this article ==
Obeng, E.A, 2011. '''Annickia polycarpa''' (DC.) Setten & Maas. [Internet] Record from PROTA4U. In: Lemmens, R.H.M.J., Louppe, D. & Oteng-Amoako, A.A. (Editors). PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa / Ressources végétales de l’Afrique tropicale), Wageningen, Netherlands. <http://www.prota4u.org/search.asp>. Accessed {{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}.