{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Lophira lanceolata-003.jpg | image_caption = ''Lophira lanceolata'' | display_parents = 3 | parent_authority = J.V.Schneid. | taxon = Lophira | authority = Banks ex C.F.Gaertn. }}
'''''Lophira''''' is a genus of plants in the family Ochnaceae. Almost every part of ''Lophira'' (bark, root bark, leaves, and leafy shoots) is used for various medicinal purposes.
Species include:
* ''Lophira alata'' Banks ex C.F.Gaertn. * ''Lophira lanceolata'' Tiegh. ex Keay. ''L. lanceolata'' is also known as false shea or meni oil tree.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lohlum |first=S. A. |date=2010 |title=Proximate composition, amino acid profile and phytochemical screening of Lophira Lanceolataseeds |url=https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajfand/article/view/51476 |journal=African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development |language=en |volume=10 |issue=1 |doi=10.4314/ajfand.v10i1.51476 |issn=1684-5374|doi-access=free }}</ref>
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Category:Ochnaceae Category:Ochnaceae genera Category:Taxa named by Joseph Banks Category:Taxa named by Karl Friedrich von Gaertner Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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