African rosewood is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* ''
Millettia laurentii'', a
legume tree from Africa and native to the
Republic of Congo
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, the
Democratic Republic of Congo,
Cameroon,
Gabon and
Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea ( es, Guinea Ecuatorial; french: Guinée équatoriale; pt, Guiné Equatorial), officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea ( es, link=no, República de Guinea Ecuatorial, french: link=no, République de Guinée équatoria ...
. The tree produces "wenge", a kind of wood.
* Species in the genus ''
Guibourtia'', including
** ''
Guibourtia coleosperma
''Guibourtia coleosperma'', the African rosewood (African rosewood, ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood or machibi, is a species of ''Guibourtia'' in the family Fabaceae. It is a large evergreen tree (to 20 m tall) found in open w ...
'', a tree species found almost exclusively on
Kalahari Sand in
Angola, but also in nearby south-central African countries.
* ''
Hagenia abyssinica'', also known as East African Rosewood, is a species of
flowering plant native to the high-elevation regions of central and eastern
Africa.
References
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