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Guibourtia coleosperma (Rhodesian Mahogany; Rhodesian copalwood)

Synonyms: Copaiba coleosperma (homotypic); Copaifera coleosperma (homotypic); Copaiva coleosperma (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Guibourtia coleosperma, aka African rosewood (ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood, and 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. The condensed tannins proguibourtinidins can be found in G. coleosperma. G. coleosperma timber has a noticeable smell of menthol.
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Attributes

Janka Hardness [2]  2090 lbf (948 kgf) Hard
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Specific Gravity [3]  0.643
Structure [1]  Tree

Predators

Francolinus adspersus (Red-billed Francolin)[4]
Lamprotornis chalybaeus (Greater Blue-eared Starling)[4]
Lophoceros bradfieldi (Bradfield's Hornbill)[4]
Waxiella enkeldoorni[5]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 2Wood Janka Hardness Scale/Chart J W Morlan's Unique Wood Gifts
♦ 3Chave J, Coomes D, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Swenson NG, Zanne AE (2009) Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Ecology Letters 12: 351-366. Zanne AE, Lopez-Gonzalez G, Coomes DA, Ilic J, Jansen S, Lewis SL, Miller RB, Swenson NG, Wiemann MC, Chave J (2009) Data from: Towards a worldwide wood economics spectrum. Dryad Digital Repository.
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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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