African teak is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
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Baikiaea plurijuga
''Baikiaea plurijuga'', known as African teak, Mukusi, Rhodesian teak, Zambian teak or Zambesi redwood, is a species of Afrotropical tree from the legume family, the Fabaceae from southern Africa.
Description
''Baikiaea plurijuga'' is a medium- ...
'', native to the northern
Kalahari
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Milicia excelsa
''Milicia excelsa'' is a tree species from the genus '' Milicia'' of the family ''Moraceae''. Distributed across tropical Central Africa, it is one of two species (the other being ''Milicia regia'') yielding timber commonly known as African teak ...
'', also known as
iroko
Iroko (also known as in Igbo language, '' in the Urhobo language of Southern Nigeria, and as odum in the Kwa languages of Ghana) is a large hardwood tree from the west coast of tropical Africa that can live up to 500 years. This is the common n ...
, native to
Africa
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from the
Ivory Coast
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to
Ethiopia
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and south to
Angola
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and
Mozambique
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Pericopsis elata
''Pericopsis elata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Fabaceae'' and is known by the common names African teak, afromosia, afrormosia, kokrodua and assamela.
Description
The species grows to 30-45m tall with a trunk of 1–1.8m i ...
'', also known as afrormosia, native to western Africa from the Ivory Coast to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
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(DRC)
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Pterocarpus angolensis
''Pterocarpus angolensis'' (African teak, wild teak, pt, Girassonde, af, Kiaat, st, Morôtô, tn, Mokwa, ve, Mutondo, sn, Mukwa, sn, Mubvamaropa, zu, Umvangazi) is a species of ''Pterocarpus'' native to southern Africa, in Angola, Mozamb ...
'', native to southern Africa from
Tanzania
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and the DRC south to
South Africa
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Gallery
File:Milicia Excelsa (Chlorophora Excelsa) (Bangla - আফ্রিকান টিকওক).jpg, View of a trunk of African teak, ''Milicia excelsa'' (''Chlorophora excelsa'') in Lawachara National Park
Lawachara National Park ( bn, লাউয়াছড়া) is a major national park and nature reserve in Bangladesh. The park is located at Kamalganj Upazila, Moulvibazar District in the northeastern region of the country. It is located with ...
, Bangladesh. 2016.
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