Overview
The bark of this and other Khaya species is effective against malaria [Awe and Makinde, 1991], and used as such in Ghana [Abbiw, 1990].
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Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Mahogany, Benin Mahogany, Large-Leaved Mahogany, Senegal Mahogany
Description
Physical Description
Species Khaya grandifoliola
Moderately large, spreading , emergent or at least (gregarious ) canopy of dry forest or savanna fringe tree . Sometimes deciduous, flowering in the dry season with the flush of new leaves [Taylor]. Fruits are produced Oct.-March.
Habitat
Ecology: Occurring more frequently in dry semi-deciduous forest and forest outliers than K . anthotheca.[1]
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : C.DC. Publication : Bull . Soc. Bot. France liv. Mem. VIII. 10 1907
Similar Species
Members of the genus Khaya
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 21 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
K. agboensis · K. anthotheca (Nyasaland Mahogany) · K. anthothetica · K. canaliculata · K. caudata · K. comorensis · K. dawei · K. euryphylla · K. grandifolia · K. grandifoliola (Large-Leaved Mahogany) · K. grandis · K. ivorensis (African Mahogany) · K. kerstingii · K. kissiensis · K. klainei · K. madagascariensis · K. mildbraedii · K. nyasica (Nyasaland Mahogany) · K. punchii · K. senegalensis (African Mahogany) · K. wildemanii
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Further Reading
- Adjanohoun, E.J. 1979. Benin. Part of appendix to: Possibilities and needs for conservation of plant species and vegetation in Africa. In: I. Hedberg (ed.) Systematic Botany, Plant Utilization and Biosphere Conservation, pp. 91-92. Almqvist and Wiksell International, Stockholm.
- Hawthorne, W. 1990. Field Guide to the Forest Trees of Ghana. Natural Resources Institute, Chatham and the Overseas Development Administration, London. 278 pp.
- Hawthorne, W. 1995. Categories of conservation priority and Ghanaian tree species (unpublished).
- Hutchinson, J., Dalziel, J.M. and Hepper, F.N. 1927. Flora of West Tropical Africa. Published by the English Ministry of State for the Colonies.
- Katende, A.B. 1993. Annotations to: TPU conservation status report for Uganda dated 29 Jun 1993.
- Katende, A.B. 1995. Annotations to: WCMC printout of Trees of Uganda dated 23 Nov. 1995.
- Keay, R.W.J. 1989. The Trees of Nigeria. Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 02, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Hawthorne, W. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 02, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5878875
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15623055
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578853-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 578853-1
- IUCN ID: 32172
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1020631
Footnotes
- Hawthorne, W. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
