Biology:Guibourtia coleosperma

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Short description: Species of legume

Guibourtia coleosperma
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Guibourtia coleosperma timber
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Guibourtia
Species:
G. coleosperma
Binomial name
Guibourtia coleosperma
(Benth.) J.Léonard

Guibourtia coleosperma, the African rosewood (ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood or machibi, is a species of Guibourtia in the family Fabaceae. It is a large evergreen tree (to 20 m tall) found in open woodland and dry forest, almost exclusively on Kalahari Sand in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[1]

The condensed tannins proguibourtinidins can be found in G. coleosperma.[2] G. coleosperma timber has a noticeable smell of menthol.

See also

  • List of Southern African indigenous trees and woody lianes

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5615364 entry