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the web of life in southern Africa

Genus: Entandrophragma

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid II > Order: Sapindales > Family: Meliaceae

About 11 species, native to Africa, with two species native to southern Africa and a further species, Entandrophragma utile (Sapele mahogany), cultivated in the region.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI) and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Entandrophragma caudatum

Entandrophragma spicatum

 

Other species, cultivated in southern Africa

Information from Glen (2002).

Entandrophragma utile (Sapele mahogany)

Native to tropical Africa.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.