Summary
Place of publication:
A. Guillemin et al., Fl. Seneg. tent. 1:227, t. 53. 1832
Comment:
authorship of this family in Guillemin et al. is indicated on p. 271
Verified:
11/26/1996
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
- Burkill, H. M. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. 1985-2004
- Carrisso, L. W. et al., eds. Conspectus florae angolensis. 1937-
- Corby, H. D. L. 1974. Systematic implications of nodulation among Rhodesian legumes. Kirkia 9(2):301-329.
- Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
- Devi Prasad, A. G. et al. 1994. Genetic diversity of Dalbergia species and their distribution in Karnataka, India. Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. 1994 70.
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. 1953-1972
- Ladipo, D. O. 1994. Dalbergia species of West Africa: botany, distribution and potential for agroforestry. Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. 1994 32.
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Common names
English
African blackwood – African-ebony – Chinese blackwood – Mozambique-ebony – poyi – Senaar-ebony – Senegal-ebony – Sudan-ebony – Portuguese
pau-preto – Swahili (Tanzania)
mpingo – mugembe – Swedish
kongoträd –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Kenya | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Tanzania | | |
1 | Native | Africa | East Tropical Africa | Uganda | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Chad | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Ethiopia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Northeast Tropical Africa | Sudan | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Angola | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Malawi | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Mozambique | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zambia | | |
1 | Native | Africa | South Tropical Africa | Zimbabwe | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
1 | Native | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | Transvaal | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Burkina Faso | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Côte D'Ivoire | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Nigeria | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West Tropical Africa | Senegal | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Central African Republic | | |
1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Zaire | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | | |
Native
Africa
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EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Ethiopia, Sudan, Chad
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SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, South Africa [Transvaal]
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WEST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Burkina Faso, Côte D'Ivoire, Nigeria, Senegal
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Central African Republic, Zaire
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | potential for agroforestry | | Nshubemuki, L. 1994. Recent progress in silviculture research on Dalbergia melanoxylon. Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. 1994 48-57. |
Materials | carved material | | Nshubemuki, L. 1994. Recent progress in silviculture research on Dalbergia melanoxylon. Dalbergia: proceedings of an international workshop. Nitrogen fixing tree research reports special issue. 1994 48-57. |
Materials | wood | | Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. Flora of tropical East Africa. 1952- |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2024. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=405953.
Accessed 19 September 2024.