| Pseudocedrela kotschyi (Schweinf.) Harms |
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| Family : MELIACEAE |
| Information on the genus : Pseudocedrela |
| Basionym : Cedrela kotschyi Schweinf. |
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Status
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| Status for TA : | accepted (present) |
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| Synonym(s) Homotypic |
 Cedrela kotschyi Schweinf. (1868) |
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| Synonym(s) Heterotypic |
| =Pseudocedrela chevalieri C.DC. (1907) |
| =Soymida roupalifolia Schweinf. (1868) |
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| Ecology and distribution |
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| Biology : |
Tree 4-6-20 m; bole clear to 8 m height, 2 m in girth; but often crooked, branched from near the base; tree commonly only 6-9 m tall due to fire damage; crown oblong or pyramidal; branches ascending; often coppicing. |
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| Ecology : |
Savanna woodland, especially on moist heavy soil of valleys or swampy areas; woodland; wooded grassland; savannas; often gregarious on heavy soils; deep soils; terraces along streams; marigots; hollows; deep sands; forest gallery;? -120-1200 m alt. |
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Fruit resembling an upright Entandrophragma but the valves are connected by fibres as in Khaya. |
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Wood fragrant, handsome, red-brown, resembling mahogany, but heavier. Numerous seeds are produced, but few germinate; many killed by fire. Seedlings few, with very long taproot. Regeneration mainly by root-suckers. |
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| More info on : |
| see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative |
| see under Flore d'Afrique Centrale |
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| Record n°57223 |
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