Desbordesia is a group of African trees in the family Irvingiaceae, described as a genus in 1905.Pierre, Jean Baptiste Louis & Tieghem, Philippe Édouard Léon van. 1905. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique, série 9 1: 289Tropicos, Desbordesia Pierre & Tiegh. There is only one known species, Desbordesia glaucescens, native to central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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