African rosewood
African rosewood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
- Millettia laurentii, a legume tree from Africa and native to the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon and Equatorial Guinea.[1] The tree produces "wenge", a kind of wood.
- Species in the genus Guibourtia, including
- Guibourtia coleosperma, a tree species found almost exclusively on Kalahari Sand in Angola, but also in nearby south-central African countries.[2]
- Hagenia abyssinica, also known as East African Rosewood, is a species of flowering plant native to the high-elevation regions of central and eastern Africa.[3]
Plants named African rosewood
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Millettia laurentii -
Hagenia abyssinica
References
[edit]- ^ African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe, July 1996) (1998). "Millettia laurentii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1998: e.T33219A9767710. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T33219A9767710.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Hyde, M.A.; Wursten, B.T.; Ballings, P.; Coates Palgrave, M. (2015). "Guibourtia coleosperma". Flora of Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
- ^ Bruijnzeel, L.A.; F. N. Scatena; L. S. Hamilton (2010). Tropical Montane Cloud Forests: Science for Conservation and Management. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 137. ISBN 9780521760355.
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