Entandrophragma candollei Harms

Cedar kokoti (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Entandrophragma

Characteristics

A large forest tree, to 160 ft. high, with straight bole of up to 90 ft. high and dense crown of dark foliage
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Slash white and pink with orange granules, without a sweet scent
Buttresses blunt and often rather indistinct
Inflorescences tomentellous
Leaflets often galled
Bark somewhat scaly
Flowers cream.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 49.38
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Most commonly found in moist semi-deciduous forest, particularly in regions with an annual rainfall of about 1,800 mm. It can also be found in evergreen forest.
Light 7-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 1-6
Soil acidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses material medicinal poison wood
Edible -
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

Entandrophragma candollei unspecified picture

Distribution

Entandrophragma candollei world distribution map, present in Angola, Central African Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Equatorial Guinea, Liberia, and Nigeria

Conservation status

Entandrophragma candollei threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578392-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668209
COL ID 39X8K
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Entandrophragma candollei Entandrophragma choriandrum Entandrophragma ferrugineum