Khaya senegalensis (dry zone mahogany)

Pictures

Picture	Title	Caption	Copyright
Title K. senegalensis in fruit Caption Senegal mahogany growing in Upper Guinea. The fruit is an upright, almost spherical, woody capsule, 4-10 cm in diameter. Copyright Dirk Thies	K. senegalensis in fruit	Senegal mahogany growing in Upper Guinea. The fruit is an upright, almost spherical, woody capsule, 4-10 cm in diameter.	Dirk Thies
Title Habit Caption K. senegalensis growing in Upper Guinea: a wide, well-developed crown, up to 35 m high on deep soils, commonly 15-20 m in savanna. Buttresses not prominent or absent. Copyright Dirk Thies	Habit	K. senegalensis growing in Upper Guinea: a wide, well-developed crown, up to 35 m high on deep soils, commonly 15-20 m in savanna. Buttresses not prominent or absent.	Dirk Thies
Title Seeds Caption Seeds of dry zone mahogany from Upper Guinea (NB. grid has 1 cm divisions). Seeds are brown, broadly ellipsoid to flat in shape, paper thin and measure 25 x 18 mm, with narrowly-winged margins. Copyright Dirk Thies	Seeds	Seeds of dry zone mahogany from Upper Guinea (NB. grid has 1 cm divisions). Seeds are brown, broadly ellipsoid to flat in shape, paper thin and measure 25 x 18 mm, with narrowly-winged margins.	Dirk Thies
Title Leaves Caption Foliage of K. senegalensis. Leaves are alternate, compound, stipules absent; leaflets 3-6 (-7) usually opposite pairs, oblong to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 7-12 x 3-5 cm. Copyright Dirk Thies	Leaves	Foliage of K. senegalensis. Leaves are alternate, compound, stipules absent; leaflets 3-6 (-7) usually opposite pairs, oblong to narrowly oblong-elliptic, 7-12 x 3-5 cm.	Dirk Thies

Identity

Preferred Scientific Name

• Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) Juss.

Preferred Common Name

• dry zone mahogany

Other Scientific Names

• Swietenia senegalensis Desr.

International Common Names

• English: African mahogany; Senegal mahogany
• French: acajou d'Afrique; acajou du Senegal; caïlcedrat
• Arabic: homra; murraya

Local Common Names

• Africa: acajou; frimu; kahi; kail; kain; mokhogine; nyen
• Benin: zunzantin; zunzatin
• Brazil: kaia; kaia-africana
• Cameroon: dalehi
• East Africa: erie; kirai; mario; tido
• Gambia: jalo
• Germany: Afrikanisches Mahagony
• Ghana: ogonwo
• Guinea: dialé; dyale; kahi; kaïn; kpitili; mökhögine; nyen nyenyi; nyenyi; yala; yalandö
• Indonesia: kaya
• Mali: dyala; yala
• Nigeria: ha; kagam; madachi; ono
• Senegal: bukay; garim; kail
• Vietnam: x[af] c[uwf]
• West Africa: bisselon; dyala; koka; koko; kontunkuri; korobaa

EPPO code

• KHASE (Khaya senegalensis)

Trade name

• African mahogany

Taxonomic Tree

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

List of Pests

Minor host of:

Uses List

Animal feed, fodder, forage

• Fodder/animal feed

Environmental

• Agroforestry
• Windbreak

Fuels

• Fuelwood

General

• Ornamental

Materials

• Carved material
• Dye/tanning
• Essential oils
• Miscellaneous materials
• Wood/timber

Medicinal, pharmaceutical

• Source of medicine/pharmaceutical

Wood Products