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Afzelia
Afzelia is a genus of thirteen tree species from tropical Africa and Asia, grown mainly for its dense timber rather than as a garden plant. It is seldom grown as a houseplant and is best considered a tropical forest tree.
Afzelia is a genus of plants in the family Fabaceae. The thirteen species all are trees, native to tropical Africa or Asia.
The genus name of Afzelia is in honour of Adam Afzelius (1750–1837), a Swedish botanist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Afzelia species are used primarily for wood, though some species also have medicinal uses. The timber is most commonly traded under the collective name "doussie", as well as under name "afzelia." African species are sometimes traded as "African mahogany" or "pod mahogany", despite the genus being botanically unrelated to Meliaceae (mahogany.)
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