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Afzelia africana

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Afzelia africana (also called African mahogany, afzelia, lenke, lengue, apa, or doussi) is a tree species in the Fabaceae family.

Range

It occurs in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the RCongo, DRCongo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda.

Habit

Mature trees grow between 10 and 20 meters in height. They are prized for their quality wood, their bark which has many medicinal uses, and their nitrogen-rich leaves which enrich the soil.

Uses

Afzelia africana was used in the Middle Ages for ship building.^[1] It is one of the traditional djembe woods.^[2] The building of a reconstructed 9th-century Arab merchantman, the Jewel of Muscat, required thirty-eight tons of Afzelia africana wood, which was supplied from Ghana. Curved trees were chosen for the ship's frames and timbers.^[3]

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References

1. ^{{cite journal|last=Jackson|first=Robert|title=Sailing Through Time: Jewel of Muscat|journal=Saudi Aramco World|date=March–April 2012|url= http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/201203/sailing.through.time.jewel.of.muscat.htm|accessdate=26 July 2012}}
2. ^{{cite web |first=Michi |last=Henning |title=Djembe Woods: What You Need to Know |url=http://djembefola.com/articles/djembe-woods.php |accessdate=19 January 2012 |publisher=djembefola.com |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/64pkJpYDL?url=http://djembefola.com/articles/djembe-woods.php |archivedate=2012-01-20 |deadurl=yes |df= }}
3. ^Jewel of Muscat timeline. Accessed 2013-01-13.

External links

African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Afzelia africana. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140627094911/http://www.iucnredlist.org/ 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 20 August 2007.

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