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Datasheet

Entandrophragma utile (ogipogo-mahogany)

Summary

  • Last modified
  • 24 September 2012
  • Datasheet Type(s)
  • Host Plant
  • Preferred Scientific Name
  • Entandrophragma utile
  • Preferred Common Name
  • ogipogo-mahogany
  • Taxonomic Tree
  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Dicotyledonae
  • Uses List
  • Miscellaneous materials
  • Revegetation
  • Wood/timber

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Pictures

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PictureTitleCaptionCopyright
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
Title31-year-old stand
CaptionForestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
CopyrightDominic Blay Jr.
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
31-year-old standForestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.Dominic Blay Jr.
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
Title31-year-old trees
CaptionForestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
CopyrightDominic Blay Jr.
Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.
31-year-old treesForestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone of Ghana.Dominic Blay Jr.

Identity

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Preferred Scientific Name

  • Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague

Preferred Common Name

  • ogipogo-mahogany

Other Scientific Names

  • Pseudocedrela utilis Dawe & Sprague

International Common Names

  • French: acajou assie

Local Common Names

  • Benin: gedulohor; gedu-nofwa
  • Cameroon: asseng-assié; assié; timbi
  • Central African Republic: bokoi; kelon
  • Congo: kalungi; libuyu; m'vovo
  • Congo Democratic Republic: undianuno
  • Côte d'Ivoire: baha; bolotou; bribe-sipo; mébrou; poma-sipo; sipo; tehudzo; zizia
  • Dadra and Nagar Haveli: sipo
  • Gabon: kosi-kosi
  • Ghana: afrobrodiju; efuodwe; efuo-konkonti; utile
  • Netherlands: assié mahonie; sipo mahonie
  • Nigeria: akuk; ijebu; okeong
  • Uganda: mufumbi; undianuno
  • West Africa: sipo

EPPO code

  • ENDUT (Entandrophragma utile)

Trade name

  • acajou-sipo

Taxonomic Tree

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  • Domain: Eukaryota
  •     Kingdom: Plantae
  •         Phylum: Spermatophyta
  •             Subphylum: Angiospermae
  •                 Class: Dicotyledonae
  •                     Order: Rutales
  •                         Family: Meliaceae
  •                             Genus: Entandrophragma
  •                                 Species: Entandrophragma utile

Uses List

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Environmental

  • Revegetation

Materials

  • Miscellaneous materials
  • Wood/timber

Wood Products

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Furniture
Plywood
Railway sleepers
Sawn or hewn building timbers
Vehicle bodies
Wood-based materials