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Pericopsis elata (African Teak; Afrormosia)

Synonyms: Afrormosia elata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Pericopsis elata, the African teak, afromosia, or afrormosia, is a species of flowering plant in the legume family, Fabaceae, which is native to moist, semi-deciduous African forests. It is a tall tree that produces timber of high commercial value.
View Wikipedia Record: Pericopsis elata

Endangered Species

Status: Endangered
View IUCN Record: Pericopsis elata

Attributes

Janka Hardness [1]  1560 lbf (708 kgf) Medium
Specific Gravity [2]  0.66

Predators

Charaxes eupale (Common Green Charaxes)[3]
Oemona hirta (lemon tree borer)[4]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 2Properties of Imported Tropical Woods, B. FRANCIS KUKACHKA, U.S. Department of Agriculture - Forest Service
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Plant-SyNZ™ database
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0