Khaya senegalensis
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| Khaya senegalensis (Desr.) A. Juss. |
Khaya senegalensis (also called African Mahogany, Benin Mahogany, Dry Zone Mahogany, or Senegal Mahogany) is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Togo, and Uganda. It is threatened by habitat loss.
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- World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. Khaya senegalensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
