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Taxon: Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.

Genus: Khaya
Family: Meliaceae.
Nomen number: 21157
Place of publication: Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 19:250, t. 21. 1832
Name verified on: 27-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 03-Feb-2009
Species priority site is: Natl. Germplasm Repository - Miami (MIA).
Accessions: 2 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • dryzone-mahogany   (Source: Trees Nigeria ) – English
  • bisselon   (Source: Pl Book ) – unknown

Economic importance:

  • Materials: wood   (fide Pl Book)
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Central African Republic
    West Tropical Africa: Benin; Cote D'Ivoire; Gambia; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Mali; Niger; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Togo

References:

  • Boudet, G. et al. 1986. Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Mali. (L Mali)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Brunel, J. F. et al., eds. 1984. Flore analytique du Togo. Phanerogames. (F Togo)
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria. (Trees Nigeria)
  • Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. (Pl Book)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss.:

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?21157 (09 February 2010)

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