Triplochiton

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Triplochiton - small genus of tropical African trees with maplelike leavesgenus Triplochitondilleniid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous trees and shrubs and herbsfamily Sterculiaceae, sterculia family, Sterculiaceae - a large family of plants of order Malvalesarere, obechi, samba, Triplochiton scleroxcylon, obeche - 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