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Guibourtia coleosperma
Also called False Mopane, Large False Mopane, African Rosewoood, Mchibi, Rhodesian Mohogany, Rhodesian Teak, Copalwood
Rhodesian copalwood is a large evergreen timber tree of dry woodland in southern Africa, reaching about 20 m tall. It is a tree for landscapes and timber rather than a houseplant, and it needs open, sunny, well-drained conditions.
Guibourtia coleosperma, the African rosewood (ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood or machibi, is a species of plant 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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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Guibourtia coleosperma 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.
