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ACCESSION NO: KFRIw 312
- Scientific Name: Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague
- Family: Meliaceae
- Trade Name: Sapele
- Common Name: Aboudikro(Ivory-coast), Sapele(Nigeria), Sapelli (Cameroon), Libuya (Zaire), Muyovu (Uganda), Penkwa (Ghana)
- പൊതുവായ പേരുകള്: സപേലെ
- Native: West Tropical Africa to Uganda
- Specimen from:
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- Collected by: K. M. Bhat
- General Characteristics: Deciduous to an evergreen tree with a rounded crown; it can grow 40 - 60 meters tall with occasional specimens up to 65 meters. leaf elliptic, elliptic-oblong, lanceolate, oval-oblong.Soft green flowers.Fusiform or obovate capsules.
- Wood Anatomy: Heartwood is a golden to dark reddish brown. Color tends to darken with age.
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- Other Accessions of Entandrophragma cylindricum (Sprague) Sprague