Fabaceae
African mahogany
Afzelia africana
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Afzelia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Bambara
- Dagan
- Catalan
- Afzèlia africana
- Chinese
- 非洲緬茄, 非洲缅茄
- dag
- Kpalaŋa
- din
- Rianya
- English
- African mahogany, Afzelia, Apa, Doussi, Lengue, Lenke
- Estonian
- Aafrika afseelia
- Finnish
- Doussie
- French
- Savanna Doussié, Doussié
- Hausa
- Kawo
- Japanese
- オレンジストーンナッツ
- sg
- Lïkpâ
Synonyms
- Afrafzelia africana (Sm. ex Pers.) Pierre
- Afzelia speciosa Coyte
- Intsia africana (Sm. ex Pers.) Kuntze
- Pahudia africana (Sm. ex Pers.) Prain
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ra'ike, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Schmidt [1], CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Padonou Dotou, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.