Panda is a plant genus of the family Pandaceae. It contains only one known species, Panda oleosa, native to western and central Africa (Liberia, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Cabinda, Gabon, Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Cameroon, Zaire). Chimpanzees have been observed to hammer on the nuts of Panda oleosa, which are particularly hard to open. Humans cook and eat the seeds and also use an oil produced by the seeds in food preparation, the wood is used to make canoes and for carpentry. References Pandaceae Flora of West Tropical Africa Flora of West-Central Tropical Africa Plants described in 1896