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Entandrophragma spicatum

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Identification
Entandrophragma spicatum (C.DC.) Sprague [family MELIACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Styles, B.T., 1993 Isotype of Wulfhorstia ekebergioides Harms [family MELIACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet,
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  • Entandrophragma spicatum
  • Entandrophragma ekebergioides
  • Wulfhorstia ekebergioides

Flora

Entry for Entandrophragma spicatum [family MELIACEAE]
Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Entandrophragma spicatum [family MELIACEAE]
Common names
Wulfhorstia spicata C. DC. in Mem. Herb. Boissier 10: 78(1900). Wulfhorstia spicata var. viridiflora Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boissier, s6r. 2,2: 1000 (1902). Type: S.W.A./Namibia, Omupanda, Rautanen 323 (Z, holo.). Wulfhorstia ekebergioides Harms in Warb., Kunene-Samb. Exped. 271 (1903). Entandrophragma ekeber­gioides (Harms) Sprague in Hooker's Icon. PI. 31: in nota sub. fig. 3023 (1915); Exell & Mendonca, C.F.A. 1: 309 (1951). Type: Angola, Huila, Vila Pereira d'Eca, Baum 88 (B, holo., presumably destroyed; BM!; COI!; K!).
Information
Large deciduous tree 9-18 m tall. Bark rough, flaking. Leaflets in 3-7 pairs, up to 110 X 70 mm, broadly oblong or obovate-oblong; lower surface densely puberulous, venation forming a conspicuous network. Inflorescence densely hairy, precocious or with the leaves. Capsule with greyish, buff or pale brown valves; columella with deep seed impressions. Chromosome number. 2n = 72 (Angola). Fig. 19:2.
Use
2. Entandrophragma spicatum (C. DC.) Sprague in Hooker's Icon. PI. 31: in nota sub fig. 3023 (1915); Friedr. in F.S.W.A. 71: 2 (1968). Type: S.W.A./Namibia, Amboland, Uukuanjama, Omupanda, Wulfhorst s.n. (Z, holo.).
Range
The Woodland mahogany is only known from the south of Angola and the north of S.W. A./Namibia, where it is an emergent tree from bushland and woodland, mostly on deep sandy soil. Map 44.

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