- Khaya senegalensis
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Khaya senegalensis 
Khaya senegalensis being used as a street tree Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Meliaceae Genus: Khaya Species: K. senegalensis Binomial name Khaya senegalensis
(Desr.) A. Juss.Khaya senegalensis (also called African Mahogany, Benin Mahogany, Dry Zone Mahogany, Senegal Mahogany or Cailcedrat) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Northern Australia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss.
In West Africa it naturally occurs in gallery forests but is most often found as a shade tree of the old colonial streets.
The bark is often harvested as a traditional medicine.
Source
- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Khaya senegalensis.
- 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
- Northern Tropical Timbers - Khaya Fast Growing African Mahogany Trees.
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