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Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
African Mahogany, Bisselon, Dryzone-Mahogany, Senegal Mahogany
Description
Physical Description
Species Khaya senegalensis
Trees to 25 m tall or more. Bark exfoliating. Young branches with dark grayish brown lenticels . Leaves 15-60 cm or more; petiole and rachis cylindric , glabrous ; leaflets 8-32, subopposite to alternate, apical 2 pairs opposite; petiolules 5-10 mm; leaflet blades basally on rachis ovate but apically on rachis oblong to elliptic , 7-17 × 3-6 cm, abaxially greenish white, adaxially dark green, secondary veins 9-14 on each side of midvein and prominent on both surfaces when dry, base broadly cuneate to ± rounded , margin entire, apex mucronate to acuminate. Thyrses shorter than leaves, glabrous. Sepals 4, distinct , oblong , ca. 1 mm. Petals 4, oblong to obovate , ca. 3 mm, glabrous. Staminal tube urceolate . Ovary ovoid , usually 4-locular, with amphitropous ovules . Capsule globose , woody, septifragal from apex when mature ; pericarp thick. Seeds ellipsoid to suborbicular , broad, margin with a round membranous wing. [source]
Habit: Tree
Habitat
Cultivated[1].
Ecology: A mahogany species, widespread in high-rainfall savannah woodland.[2]
Biology
Reproduction
Duration: Perennial
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
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Swietenia senegalensis Desrousseaux in Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 679. 1791.
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
. Latest taxonomic
scrutiny: 15-Mar-2000
Place of publication
: Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19:250, t. 21. 1830
Name verified on 27-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 15-May-2000
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
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- American forestry. Washington, D.C.: American Forestry Association, 1910-1923. ENG url p. 297, p. 724.
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- Catalogue of scientific papers, 1800-1900. Compiled by the Royal Society of London. London, C.J. Clay and Sons, 1867-1902 [etc.] Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1914-25. ENG url p. 256.
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- Conservation. Washington, D.C.: American Forestry Association, 1908-1909. ENG url p. 196.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 03, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 7 providers.
- "Khaya senegalensis". in Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 116. Published by Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org.
- USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 28, 2008)
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 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 03, 2007:
- Australian National Herbarium
- , Australian National Herbarium
- Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
- Herbier de la Guyane, Herbier de la Guyane
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
- USDA PLANTS, USDA PLANTS Database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2652407
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-29022
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13744244
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578867-1
- GRIN Nomen Number: 21157
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 29022
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 578867-1
- IUCN ID: 32171
- U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: KHSE2
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 45004
Footnotes
- "Khaya senegalensis". in Flora of China Vol. 11 Page 116. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
