Khaya

E581521

plant genus taxon

Khaya is a genus of tropical African trees in the mahogany family, valued for their high-quality timber.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
African redwood	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	plant genus ⓘ taxon ⓘ
barkUse	traditional medicine ⓘ
clade	Magnoliophyta ⓘ surface form: Angiosperms Eudicots ⓘ Rosids ⓘ
commonName	African mahogany ⓘ
conservationConcern	declining natural populations ⓘ
containsSpecies	Khaya anthotheca NERFINISHED ⓘ Khaya grandifoliola NERFINISHED ⓘ Khaya ivorensis ⓘ Khaya madagascariensis NERFINISHED ⓘ Khaya senegalensis NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedBy	Antoine Laurent de Jussieu NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributionRegion	Central Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ East Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ West Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
economicImportance	important timber genus ⓘ
family	Meliaceae NERFINISHED ⓘ
growthForm	tree ⓘ
habitat	riverine forests ⓘ tropical rainforests ⓘ
hasUse	boat building ⓘ construction wood ⓘ furniture making ⓘ timber production ⓘ
kingdom	Plantae ⓘ
leafArrangement	pinnate leaves ⓘ
leafType	evergreen ⓘ
nativeTo	Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ tropical Africa ⓘ
order	Sapindales NERFINISHED ⓘ
reproductiveStructure	capsular fruits ⓘ flowers ⓘ
similarTo	Swietenia NERFINISHED ⓘ true mahogany ⓘ
threat	overexploitation for timber ⓘ
typicalHeight	large tree ⓘ
usedFor	interior joinery ⓘ plywood ⓘ veneer ⓘ
woodColor	reddish-brown ⓘ
woodProperty	durable ⓘ moderately resistant to decay ⓘ
woodQuality	high-quality timber ⓘ
woodTradeName	African mahogany ⓘ
woodType	hardwood ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meliaceae → includesGenus → Khaya ⓘ

Hagenia abyssinica → commonName → Khaya ⓘ

this entity surface form: African redwood