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Entandrophragma angolense C.Dc.

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Entandrophragma

Characteristics

A tree that loses its leaves. It grows 50 m tall. The trunk can be 5 m around. The trunk is straight and 25 m tall with straight buttresses. The crown is open. The bark is smooth and pale grey and flakes off. The leaves have leaflets along the stem. The leaves are 40 cm long and have 5-10 pairs of leaflets arranged oppositely. The leaflets are 12 cm long by 5 cm wide. The flowers are white to yellow. The fruit is a capsule 8-20 cm long. It splits from the base and has 5 or 6 seeds that have wings.
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Bark relatively smooth, pale grey-brown to orange-brown, with scales flaking off high up the tree
A large forest tree, to 160 ft. high, with long straight bole and rather open crown
Slash dark red and pink with white radial streaks, very slightly scented
Leaves clustered at the ends of the branches
Inflorescences puberulous or glabrous
Buttresses broad, but low
Flowers yellowish.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
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Mature height (meter) 50.0
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Most commonly found in moist semi-deciduous forest, though it can also be found in evergreen forest. It occurs in lowland and mid-altitude rainforest, but sometimes also in gallery forest and thickets, at elevations up to 1,800 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows in moist evergreen and semi-deciduous forests. It needs well-drained soils. In Nigeria it is recorded up to 1,800 m above sea level.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses charcoal coffee substitute dye environmental use food fuel material medicinal oil tea timber wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown by seeds. Seeds take 14-23 days to germinate. Seeds need to be sown fresh. They need light shade.
Mode seedlings
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Germination treatment soaking
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Distribution

Entandrophragma angolense world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, and Uganda

Conservation status

Entandrophragma angolense threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578399-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668205
COL ID 39X8G
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Entandrophragma angolense Entandrophragma gregoireianum Entandrophragma leplaei Entandrophragma rederi Entandrophragma septentrionale Swietenia angolensis Entandrophragma casimirianum Entandrophragma macrophyllum Entandrophragma pierrei Entandrophragma platanoides Entandrophragma candolleana Entandrophragma angolense var. macrophyllum
WorldFloraDB 2024