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Taxon: Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague

Genus: Entandrophragma
Family: Meliaceae.
Nomen number: 70248
Place of publication: Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1910:180. 1910
Name verified on: 01-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 05-Aug-2002
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • utile   (Source: Pl Book )
  • assié   (Source: Pl Book ) [French]

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

Native:
  • AFRICA
    East Tropical Africa: Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Cameroon; Gabon; Zaire
    West Tropical Africa: Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Liberia; Nigeria; Sierra Leone
    South Tropical Africa: Angola

References:

  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Keay, R. W. J. 1989. Trees of Nigeria. (Trees Nigeria)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Entandrophragma utile (Dawe & Sprague) Sprague:

  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/sbml/jhw/public_html/cgi-bin/taxon.pl?70248 (02 September 2008)

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