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Guibourtia coleosperma

Guibourtia coleosperma
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Guibourtia coleosperma timber
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Guibourtia
Species: G. coleosperma
Binomial name
Guibourtia coleosperma
(Benth.) J.Léonard

Guibourtia coleosperma, aka African rosewood (ambiguous), large false mopane, Rhodesian copalwood, and machibi, is a species of Guibourtia in the family Fabaceae. It is a large evergreen tree (to 20 m tall) found in open woodland and dry forest, almost exclusively on Kalahari Sand in Angola, southern Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

The condensed tannins proguibourtinidins can be found in G. coleosperma.G. coleosperma timber has a noticeable smell of menthol.


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