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African mahogany is a marketing name for several African trees whose wood has properties similar to New World mahogany species. genus Entandrophragma of the family Meliaceae; genus Khaya of the family Meliaceae; genus Afzelia of the family Fabaceae (legumes)
The timber of Khaya is called "African mahogany", with wood properties generally regarded as the closest to genuine mahogany. [2]The seeds of K. senegalensis have an oil content of 52.5%, consisting of 21% palmitic acid, 10% stearic acid, 65% oleic acid, and 4% "unidentifiable acid" [3]
Khaya grandifoliola, also called African mahogany, Benin mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, or Senegal mahogany, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Benin , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Ghana , Guinea , Nigeria , Sudan , Togo , and Uganda .
Afzelia africana was used in the Middle Ages for ship building. [6] It is one of the traditional djembe woods. [7] The building of a reconstructed 9th-century Arab merchantman, the Jewel of Muscat, required thirty-eight tons of Afzelia africana wood, which was supplied from Ghana.
African mahogany is a fast-growing medium-sized tree which can obtain a height of up to 15–30 m (49–98 ft) in height and 1 m (3 ft 3 in) in diameter. The bark is dark grey to grey-brown while the heartwood is brown with a pink-red pigment made up of coarse interlocking grains.
Honduran mahogany tree, Swietenia macrophylla Wood from Honduran mahogany. Mahogany is a straight-grained, reddish-brown timber of three tropical hardwood species of the genus Swietenia, indigenous to the Americas [1] and part of the pantropical chinaberry family, Meliaceae. Mahogany is used commercially for a wide variety of goods, due to its ...
Mahogany. Genuine mahogany (Swietenia) [7] West Indies mahogany (Swietenia mahagoni) Bigleaf mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla) Pacific Coast mahogany (Swietenia humilis) other mahogany African mahogany (Khaya spp.) Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis) Australian red cedar, Indian mahogany (Toona ciliata) Philippine mahogany, calantis, kalantis ...
Khaya ivorensis is a species in the African mahogany family. Other common names are Gold Coast mahogany, Ivory Coast mahogany, Nigerian mahogany. It grows to be about 40–50 m high. It has thick and reddish brown bark. It grows many white flowers at the end of its branches. Its woody fruit is slightly thinner than those of Khaya grandifoliola.