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Entandrophragma utile
Also called Utile
Entandrophragma utile, known as sipo or utile, is a large tropical African forest tree grown mainly for its timber rather than as a garden or houseplant. It is not practical to grow as an ornamental outside its native range.
Entandrophragma utile, called the sipo or utile, is a species of large tree in the genus Entandrophragma, native to nearly all of tropical Africa facing the Atlantic, from Guinea to Angola, and as far east as Uganda. The timber is traded as a tropical hardwood. It is sometimes called sipo mahogany. It shares many of the characteristics of genuine mahogany and is used as an alternative.
The timber provides high chatoyancy, with an average value above 21 PZC.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Entandrophragma utile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
