Entandrophragma caudatum, or mountain mahogany, is a large Southern African tree belonging to the mahogany family and found in eastern and north eastern South Africa, Eswatini, Botswana, Angola, the Caprivi Strip region of Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. Kew currently recognises 12 other species of Entandrophragma, all with a tropical and sub-tropical African distribution.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Caprivi Wooden-Banana being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Kirkia acuminata
- Swietenia humilis
- Sclerocarya birrea
- Gyrocarpus americanus
- Afzelia africana
- Cedrela salvadorensis
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Sapindales
- Family
- Meliaceae
- Genus
- Entandrophragma
- Species
- Entandrophragma caudatum
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