Yields soft white to pale yellow wood

• Large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds

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n. large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood [syn: obeche , arere , samba , Triplochiton scleroxcylon ]

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obechi \obechi\ n. A large Western African tree ( Triplochiton scleroxcylon ) having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; it yields soft white to pale yellow wood. Syn: obeche, arere, samba, ...