Milicia (plant)

Milicia
	M. excelsa, Uganda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Rosales
Family:	Moraceae
Tribe:	Moreae
Genus:	Milicia; Sim
Species
	M. excelsa; M. regia

Milicia is a small genus of tropical African trees. There are two recognized species, which are closely related: Milicia excelsa and Milicia regia.^[2] These trees yield a durable wood, iroko.

Milicia excelsa is currently listed as 'lower risk/near threatened' on the IUCN Red List.^[3]

References

^ Klaus Kubitzki; Karl Ulrich Kramer; Herbert Huber; P. S. Green (1990), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 2, Springer, p. 446
^ D.A. Ofori, M.D. Swaine, C. Leifert, J.R. Cobbinah and A.H. Price (December 2001), "Population genetic structure of Milicia species characterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing L.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 48 (6): 637–647, doi:10.1023/A:1013805807957{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species: Milicia excelsa", The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species

[1] Klaus Kubitzki; Karl Ulrich Kramer; Herbert Huber; P. S. Green (1990), The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, vol. 2, Springer, p. 446

[2] D.A. Ofori, M.D. Swaine, C. Leifert, J.R. Cobbinah and A.H. Price (December 2001), "Population genetic structure of Milicia species characterised by using RAPD and nucleotide sequencing L.", Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 48 (6): 637–647, doi:10.1023/A:1013805807957{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[IUCN_Red_List:_Milicia_excelsa-3] "The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species: Milicia excelsa", The IUCN Red List of Endangered Species

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