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Entandrophragma caudatum

Common names: mountain mahogany, wooden-banana (Eng.); bergmahonie (Afr.); mophumêna (Tsw.); munzhounzhou (Ven.)

Family: Meliaceae

... which refers to the significant tips of the leaflets. The Meliaceae or mahogany family is in the order Sapindales and ...

15 / 04 / 2019 | Benjamin Festus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: honeysuckle-tree, wild honeysuckle-tree (Eng.); kanferfoelieboom (Afr.); umdlozana (Swazi); umadlozane (isiZulu)

Family: Meliaceae

... the species. The genus is a member of the mahogany family (Meliaceae), and is readily distinguished by its simple leaves ...

16 / 02 / 2015 | John Manning | Compton Herbarium

Trichilia emtica fruits.Photo Geoff Nichols

Common names: Natal mahogany; rooiessenhout (Afr.); mamba (Northern Sotho); umathunzini (isiZulu); umkuhlu (SiSwati); umkhuhlu (isiXhosa); nkulu (Xitsonga); mutuhu

Family: Meliaceae

28 / 04 / 2014 | M.S. Mothogoane | National Herbarium Pretoria

Common names: African Mahogany, East African Mahogany, Nyasaland Mahogany, Red Mahogany (Eng.); Oos-Afrikaanse mahonie (Afr.); Acaujo (French)

Family: Meliaceae

... to damage from the shoot borer Tragocephala variagata. The Meliaceae is a large family of tropical timber trees that ...

17 / 09 / 2007 | Alec Naidoo | Pretoria NBG

Common names: small honeysuckle tree, lesser honeysuckle tree, (Eng.); kleinkamperfoelieboom (Afr.); amazulu, ikhambi-lomsinga [roots], ikunzi [roots], ikunzi ebomv

Family: Meliaceae

... turraea) in Botswana and Namibia. The mahogany family (Meliaceae) is a large, tropical and subtropical family famous ... and is now a declared invasive. Other members of the Meliaceae featured on plantzafrica.com to date include ... found in the neem tree ( Azadirachta indica also in the Meliaceae, native to India ) which are used in agriculture as ...

05 / 02 / 2007 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: rock ash (Eng.); rotsessenhout (Afr.); maGwedla (Swahili)

Family: Meliaceae

... Oleaceae. E. pterophylla belongs to the mahogany family (Meliaceae). This is a large tropical and subtropical family ...

07 / 11 / 2005 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: Chinese lanterns, Chinese lantern tree, kipkippers (Eng.); klapperbos, lanternbos, kiepkiepies, oumeidsbos, stuipebos (Afr.)

Family: Meliaceae

18 / 04 / 2005 | Ian Oliver | Karoo Desert NBG

Common names: Cape ash, dogplum (E), essenhout (A), mmidibidi (NS), umnyamatsi (SW), nyamaru (Ts)

Family: Meliaceae

... Oleaceae). E. capensis belongs to the Mahogany family (Meliaceae). This is a tropical and subtropical family of ...

27 / 12 / 2004 | Mhlonishwa D Dlamini | Walter Sisulu NBG

Large specimen of Trichilia dregeana, with dark foliage

Common names: forest mahogany, forest Natal-mahogany, Cape mahogany, thunder tree, Christmas bells, red ash (Eng.); rooiessenhout, bosrooiessenhout, basteressenhout

Family: Meliaceae

... many of the trees. T. dregeana is a member of the family Meliaceae. This is a woody family of trees and shrubs with 51 ... that are superior with 2-6 locules (Allaby 1998). The Meliaceae family is renowned for its timber trees which ...

13 / 12 / 2004 | Jan-Hakon Burring | Kirstenbosch NBG

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