Khaya ivorensis (African mahogany)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title 36-year-old tree Caption Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone on Ghana. Copyright Dominic Blay, Jr.	36-year-old tree	Forestry Research Institute of Ghana trial plots at Benso in the wet evergreen forest ecological zone on Ghana.	Dominic Blay, Jr.

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Khaya ivorensis A. Chev.

Preferred Common Name

• African mahogany

International Common Names

• English: Lagos mahogany; Nigerian mahogany
• French: acajou d'Afrique

Local Common Names

• Ghana: dubini; dukuma fufu
• Nigeria: ogwango
• West Africa: caoba del galou; dubene; kumankra; ngouon

EPPO code

• KHAIV (Khaya ivorensis)

Trade name

• African mahogany

Taxonomic Tree

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

List of Pests

Minor host of:

Uses List

Environmental

• Agroforestry
• Revegetation

Materials

• Carved material
• Miscellaneous materials
• Wood/timber

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

• Source of medicine/pharmaceutical
• Traditional/folklore

Wood Products