- Family:
- Meliaceae Juss.
Entandrophragma C.DC.

[FZ]
Meliaceae, F. White & B. T. Styles. Flora Zambesiaca 2:1. 1963
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees, usually of large size.
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves paripinnate, leaflets entire.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers (? always) monoecious, borne in panicles.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx lobed in upper half or almost to base, lobes 5, aestivation open.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, free, much longer than the calyx in bud, contorted.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal tube cup-shaped (in our area), margin entire with 10 anthers borne on very short filaments.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk (in our area) cushion-shaped, enveloping the base of the ovary and connected to the Staminal tube by 10 short ridges.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, each loculus with 4–12 pendulous anatropous ovules in 2 rows; style short; style-head discoid with 5 radiating (?) stigmatic grooves on the upper surface, not completely blocking the entrance to the Staminal tube.
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a pendulous elongate woody septifragal capsule, cigar-shaped, fusiform, cylindric or claviform, opening by 5 valves from the apex or base or from the apex and base simultaneously; columella extending to the apex of the capsule, 5-angled or 5-ridged, softly woody, deeply indented with the imprints of seeds; seed-scars conspicuous or inconspicuous; seeds 3–8 per loculus, attached by the seed-end to the distal part of the columella, and winged towards the base of the capsule.
[FTEA]
Meliaceae, Styles & F. White (Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1991
- Morphology General Habit
- Large trees
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves basically paripinnate, but leaflets sometimes alternate and leaves appearing imparipinnate
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 5-merous, unisexual (plants dioecious) in large panicles
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx ± entire and cupuliform or with 5 acute lobes, aestivation open
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals 5, free, contorted
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Staminal tube urceolate or cup-shaped, the margin entire or shallowly or deeply lobed, with 10 shortly stalked anthers or antherodes on the margin of the tube or its lobes; appendages absent
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disk cushion-shaped, fused to the base of the ovary or pistillode, but free from the staminal tube and connected to it by 10 or 20 short ridges or partitions
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary 5-locular, each locule with 4–12 ovules; style-head discoid, with 5 radiating stigmatic lobes
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruit a pendulous, elongate, woody, cigar-shaped, cylindrical or club-shaped, septifragal capsule, opening by 5 valves from the apex or base or from both simultaneously; columella softly woody, extending to the apex of the capsule, 5-angled or 5-ridged, deeply indented with the imprints of the seeds; seed-scars conspicuous or inconspicuous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
- Seeds with a terminal wing, 3–9 per locule, attached by the seed-end to the distal part of the columella and winged towards the base of the capsule.
Native to:
Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cabinda, Cameroon, Caprivi Strip, Central African Repu, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Ivory Coast, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Northern Provinces, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zaïre, Zimbabwe
- Entandrophragma angolense (Welw.) Panshin
- Entandrophragma bussei Harms ex Engl.
- Entandrophragma candollei Harms
- Entandrophragma caudatum (Sprague) Sprague
- Entandrophragma congoense (Pierre ex De Wild.) A.Chev.
- Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague
- Entandrophragma delevoyi De Wild.
- Entandrophragma excelsum (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague
- Entandrophragma palustre Staner
- Entandrophragma spicatum (C.DC.) Sprague
- Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague
Entandrophragma C.DC. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1996 | Thomas, D.W. [10084], Cameroon | K000518765 | No | ||
Myers, J.G. [11771], Sudan | 16517.000 | No | |||
Cheek, M. [3024], Cameroon | K000094089 | No | |||
Maitland, T.D. [1717], Cameroon | K000094088 | No | |||
Cheek, M. [3024], Cameroon | K000094090 | No |
First published in Bull. Herb. Boissier 2: 582 (1894)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R. (2001). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS E-F: 1-50919.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Harms in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19B, 1: 55 (1940)
- Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berl. 14: 43! (1940).
- in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 582 (1894)
Flora Zambesiaca
- in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 582, t. 12 (1894).
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Pennington & Styles in Blumea 22: 518 (1975)
- in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 582, t. 21 (1894)
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