Entandrophragma

Sapele tree in the Congo

Entandrophragma is a common in tropical Africa deciduous tree species of the mahogany family Cucurbitaceae ( Meliaceae ). Some species are important as supplier quality wood.

Description

The species of the genus Entandrophragma are trees that usually achieve great heights of growth and grow in the emergent layer. The leaves are pinnate, the leaflets are not further subdivided.

The plants are dioecious. The flowers are in paniculate inflorescences. The five sepals are fused together at the base. The five petals are already looking out in the bud from the chalice. The ten stamens are fused into a tube. The ovary is fünfkammrig, he develops into a woody capsule fruit. The central axis of the capsule ( columella ) is a pentagon in cross section. The seeds are winged side, said wing has, in the capsule to fruit peduncle.

Species

The genus Entandrophragma contains ten or eleven species, including:

• Entandrophragma angolense ( Welw. ) C. DC.
• Entandrophragma candollei Harms
• Entandrophragma caudatum Sprague ( Sprague )
• Sapele ( Entandrophragma cylindricum ) Sprague ( Sprague )
• Entandrophragma delevoyi De Wild.
• Entandrophragma stolzii Harms
• Entandrophragma utile Dawe & Sprague ( Sprague )

Use

The wood of the genus Entandrophragma are considered precious woods. You will find primarily as a high quality veneer and as construction timber frame building for window use, are also used in instrument making.

Documents

• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format Mark A. Hyde, Bart Wursten: Genus page: Entandrophragma. In: Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved on 16 October 2009.
• F. White, B. T. Styles: Entandrophragma. In: Flora Zambesiaca. Bd 2, 1963 ( Flora Zambesiaca ).
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format Species Records of Entandrophragma. In: Germplasm Resources Information Network - ( GRIN). Accessed on November 5, 2009.