Entandrophragma

 ( Meliaceae Genera ) 

Entandrophragma is a genus of eleven known species of deciduous in the family Meliaceae.

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Description Entandrophragma is restricted to tropical Africa.

Klaus Kubitzki (2010). 9783642143977, Springer Science & Business Media. . ISBN 9783642143977

Entandrophragma C. DC. in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2:582 t.21 (1894) At least some of the species attain large sizes, reaching 40–50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, and 2 m in trunk diameter. In 2016 a specimen of Entandrophragma excelsum towering at a height of tall, and a dbhresearchgate.net / Africa’s highest mountain harbours Africa’s tallest trees; Authors: Hemp Andreas, Reiner Zimmermann, Sabine Remmele, Ulf Pommer, Bernd Berauer, Claudia Hemp, Markus Fischer | January 2017 | Biodiversity and Conservation 26(1):1-11 | DOI:10.1007/s10531-016-1226-3 was identified at Kilimanjaro.

It is dioecious, with male and female flowers on separate plants.

The leaf are pinnate, with 5-9 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet 8–10 cm long with an acuminate tip. The are produced in loose , each flower small, with five yellowish about 2 mm long, and ten . The fruit is a five-valved capsule containing numerous winged .

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Species Accepted 11 Species:science.kew.org / Entandrophragma C.DC. | Plants of the World Online

1. Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) Panshin
2. Entandrophragma bussei Hermann Harms ex Adolf Engler
3. Entandrophragma candollei Harms
4. Entandrophragma caudatum (Sprague) Sprague
5. Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev.
6. Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague
7. Entandrophragma delevoyi De Wild.
8. Entandrophragma excelsum (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague
9. Entandrophragma palustre Staner
10. Entandrophragma spicatum (C.DC.) Sprague
11. Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague

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Uses The timber of a few species is traded as a tropical hardwood. It is sometimes termed under the generic label of mahogany, and while Entandrophragma is part of the family Meliaceae, it is not classified as Swietenia. The species shares many of the characteristics of genuine mahogany and is used as an alternative, with Sapele and Utile in particular bearing a close resemblance. Utile . Niche Timbers. Accessed 20-09-2009. Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown - The Wood Database

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External links

Tiama Entandrophragma angolense

• Wood properties
• Wood anatomy

Kosipo Entandrophragma candollei

• Wood properties
• Wood anatomy

Sapeli Entandrophragma cylindricum

• Wood properties
• Wood anatomy

Sipo (Utile) Entandrophragma utile

• Wood anatomy

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