Entandrophragma candollei
Entandrophragma candollei
Safety & Hazards
None known
Cultivation Details
A plant of the moist tropics, found mainly in areas where the mean annual rainfall is in the region of 1,800mm[1]. Under natural conditions, an average annual diameter increment of 5.1 mm has been recorded[1]. In plantations in Guinea trees reached a mean height of 2.7 metres after 6 years[1]. Trees start fruit production at larger bole diameters, and this has implications for forest management; harvesting trees of less than 50 cm bole diameter seriously reduces fruit production[1]. Trees can become very old; for the largest specimens ages of up to nearly 1000 years have been suggested[1].
Propagation
Seed - fresh seeds start to germinate 1 week after sowing and the germination rate is 60 - 75%[1]. Seedling growth is slow, with a plant height of 13 cm after 5 months and 20 - 30 cm after 1 year. Seedlings are very sensitive to sun-scald and have to stay under permanent shade in the nursery[1]. For at least 2 - 3 years after being planted out the seedlings need slight shade to avoid high mortality, for example by a cover of a young secondary forest[1]. Natural regeneration is often scarce in natural forest, but gaps created by logging operations may promote regeneration. In natural forest, saplings are most common in gaps[1]. Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Entandrophragma+candollei>
Pollinators
Data unavailable
References
- [1]Protabase - Plant Resources of Tropical Africa. — http://www.prota.org ↩︎An excellent on-line database with detailed information on over 3,200 species of useful plants of Africa.
- [2]IUCN Red List of Threatened Species — http://www.iucnredlist.org/ ↩︎A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat.
- [3]Tropix 7 — CIRAD · http://tropix.cirad.fr/en ↩︎An on-line guide to the timbers of 245 species of trees.