4163.000 Entandrophragma C. DC.

Description of the genus

Mostly emergents of evergreen or deciduous forests, typically with cylindric boles unbranched to a considerable height. Leaves pinnate. Leaflets opposite, entire. Flowers borne in panicles on the new growth. Stamens completely or partly fused to form a staminal tube. Fruit a large woody dehiscent capsule, the five valves separating in various ways to release the winged seeds.

Comment: Three species in Zambia, including some of our tallest trees.

Worldwide: A genus of 11 species in tropical Africa.

Zambia: 3 taxa.

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Species	FZ divisions	Provinces	Content
caudatum (Sprague) Sprague[LR-lc]	B,N,C,E,S	Mc,E,C,Lk,S,W	Description, Image
delevoyi De Wild. [NrEnd][VU]	N,W,C,S	Nw,Cb,Lp,N,Mc,C,Lk,S	Description, Image
excelsum (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague		Mc	Description

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Flora of Botswana: Entandrophragma
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Flora of Caprivi: Entandrophragma
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Flora of Mozambique: Entandrophragma
Flora of Zimbabwe: Entandrophragma

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African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Entandrophragma
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Tropicos: Entandrophragma
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