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Khaya grandifoliola
Also called Benin Mahogany, Large-leaved Mahogany, Senegal Mahogany, Beninwood
In Singapore: Large-leaved Khaya, Benin Mahogany, African Mahogany, African Mahogony (Grown in Singapore)
Khaya grandifoliola is a large African tree in the mahogany family, valued for its timber and rarely grown as an ornamental. It needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and is grown mainly outdoors in the tropics.
Khaya grandifoliola, also called African mahogany, Benin mahogany, large-leaved mahogany, or Senegal mahogany, is a species of plant in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Benin, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Nigeria, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss.
East African Mahogany · African Mahogany · Senegal mahogany · African mahogany
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Khaya grandifoliola 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.
