Entandrophragma caudatum Sprague

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Meliaceae > Entandrophragma

Characteristics

Large deciduous tree 10-20 m tall; bole up to 1.5 m diam., long and straight or branched at 2 m. Bark thick and rough, flaking in large irregular scales to expose buff undersurface. Leaves up to 250 mm long. Leaflets in 5-8 pairs, up to 110 x 35 mm, ovate to lanceolate, gradually tapering from near the base to a narrowly acuminate apex with a filiform tip, base of distal leaflets very asymmetric, base of proximal ones less asymmetric; lower surface glabrous or almost so, venation indistinct. Inflorescence up to 200 x 20 mm, in leaf axils and towards base of current year's growth. Flowers pale green. Petals 5-6 mm long, densely puberulous outside. Staminal tube 3-4 mm long, glabrous outside, densely puberulous inside. Capsule 150-200 x 50 mm, cigar-shaped; valves brownish black, closely lenticelate, apex thickened and recurved; columella with shallow seed impressions. Seeds including the wing 90-100 x 20 mm.
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Leaves paripinnate; petiole and rhachis up to 25 cm. long, puberulous; leaflets up to 11 × 3·5 cm., usually opposite, sometimes alternate, (5) 6–7 (8)-jugate, ovate to lanceolate, tapering gradually from near the base to a narrowly acuminate apex with a filiform tip, base of distal leaflets very asymmetric, of the proximal less so, upper surface dull, lower surface glabrous except for the pubescent midrib and a few hairs on the secondary nerves; petiolules 1–2·5 cm. long.
Capsule 15–21 × 5–5·5 cm., clavate, apex rounded; valves pale brown, closely lenticellate, apex thickened and recurved, dehiscing from the apex and ultimately breaking away from the base of the capsule; points of attachment of seeds to columella small and inconspicuous.
Large deciduous tree up to 30 m. tall; bole up to 2 m. in diam., not buttressed; bark grey or grey-brown, exfoliating in large irregular scales up to 12·5 cm. in diam., leaving buff patches and producing a mottled appearance.
Flowers pale green, in contracted panicles up to 20 × 2 cm., borne in leaf-axils and towards the base of the current year’s growth; peduncles up to 14 cm. long; pedicels 2–4 mm. long, densely puberulous.
Deciduous tree, up to 20 m high. Leaflets ovate to lanceolate, up to 110 x 35 mm, apex filiform-acuminate. Capsule cigar-shaped, 150-200 x 50 mm, valves brownish black. Flowers pale green.
Staminal tube 3–4 mm. long, densely puberulous inside, glabrous outside.
Calyx 1·1–2 mm. long, tomentellous, lobed almost to the base.
Petals 5–6 mm. long, densely puberulous outside.
Seeds (including wing) 9–10 × 2·5 cm.
A large tree.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality dioecy
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Mature height (meter) 18.0 - 20.0
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Rooting depth (meter) 0.5
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

A large, emergent tree of scattered occurrence occurring in river valleys and open woodland on rocky slopes or kopjes. Elevations from 60-662 metres.
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It is a tropical plant. It grows on the sand-belt and flood-plain.
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Soil texture 5-7
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses animal food dye environmental use material wood
Edible fruits
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Images

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Distribution

Entandrophragma caudatum world distribution map, present in Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, eSwatini, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe

Conservation status

Entandrophragma caudatum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578402-1
WFO ID wfo-0000668211
COL ID 39X8M
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Pseudocedrela caudata Entandrophragma caudatum