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Afzelia quanzensis
Also called African Mahogany, Rhodesian Mahogany, Chamfute, Chamfuti, Chanfuta, Luckybean, Mahogany Bean Tree
Afzelia quanzensis (pod mahogany, Afrikaans: peulmahonie, Venda: mutokota, Zulu: inkehli) is a species of tree native to sub-Saharan Africa. It ranges from Somalia and Democratic Republic of the Congo to South Africa. It is a protected tree in South Africa. It belongs to the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the bean family Fabaceae.
The seeds are sometimes made into native necklaces and the timber is an ornamental hardwood, used in furniture, parquet flooring and railway sleepers.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Afzelia quanzensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
