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  6. ›mahogany family
  7. ›Cedreloideae
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  9. ›Khaya
Lagos mahogany
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Lagos mahogany

Khaya ivorensis

Khaya ivorensis (also called African mahogany or Lagos mahogany) is a tall forest tree with a buttressed trunk in the family Meliaceae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria where it grows primarily in lowland tropical rainforests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 439305.