Faurea rochetiana, also known as the broad-leaved beechwood, is a tree found in much of Africa from Sudan south to Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northern KwaZulu-Natal. The tree is small and leafy. It has wider leaves, larger flowers and flower veins and also denser hairy twigs than the bushveld beechwood. The tree's national number is 76.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Faurea |
| Species: | F. rochetiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Faurea rochetiana (A.Rich.) Chiov. ex Pic.Serm.
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References
edit- ^ Martínez Richart, A.I. (2020). "Faurea rochetiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T112642519A114794475. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T112642519A114794475.en.
- ^ "Faurea rochetiana". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "National List of Indigenous Trees in South Africa".
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