| Sloetiopsis | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Moraceae |
| Genus: | Sloetiopsis Engl. (1907) |
| Species: | S. usambarensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Sloetiopsis usambarensis Engl. (1907) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Sloetiopsis usambarensis is a species offlowering plant in the mulberry family,Moraceae. It is the sole species in genusSloetiopsis. It is a shrub or small tree native to tropical Africa, ranging from Guinea to Côte d'Ivoire in West Africa, from Nigeria to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in west-central Africa, and to Kenya, Tanzania, and Mozambique in eastern Africa.[1]