Entandrophragma

taxobox
name = "Entandrophragma"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Meliaceae
genus = "Entandrophragma"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.|

"Entandrophragma" is a genus of eleven species of deciduous trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, restricted to tropical Africa. At least some of the species attain large sizes, reaching 40-50 m tall, exceptionally 60 m, and 2 m in trunk diameter. The leaves are pinnate, with 5-9 pairs of leaflets, each leaflet 8-10 cm long with an acuminate tip. The flowers are produced in loose inflorescences, each flower small, with five yellowish petals about 2 mm long, and ten stamens. The fruit is a five-valved capsule containing numerous winged seeds.

;Selected species:
*"Entandrophragma angolense" - Tiama
*"Entandrophragma candollei" - Kosipo
*"Entandrophragma cylindricum" - Sapeli or Sapele
*"Entandrophragma utile" - Sipo or Utile

Uses

The timber of a few species is well-known. These are traded under separate names and can be used more or less like mahogany, with that of "Entandrophragma cylindricum" perhaps closest to a mahogany-type wood.

External links

;Tiama "Entandrophragma angolense"
* [http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/new_html_docs/entand1new.html Wood properties]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/wood/en/www/melenang.htm Wood anatomy]

;Kosipo "Entandrophragma candollei"
* [http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/new_html_docs/entand2new.html Wood properties]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/wood/en/www/melencan.htm Wood anatomy]

;Sapeli "Entandrophragma cylindricum"
* [http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/new_html_docs/entand3new.html Wood properties]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/wood/en/www/melencyl.htm Wood anatomy]

;Sipo (Utile) "Entandrophragma utile"
* [http://www2.fpl.fs.fed.us/TechSheets/Chudnoff/African/htmlDocs_africa/Entandrophragmautile.html Wood properties]
* [http://delta-intkey.com/wood/en/www/melenuti.htm Wood anatomy]