Summary
Place of publication:
Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn. Paris 1:1241. 1896
Verified:
03/24/1995
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
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
- Keay, R. W. J. Trees of Nigeria. 1989
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource).
Common names
English
Gabon-mahogany – French
okoumé – Swedish
gabon –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Africa | West-Central Tropical Africa | Gabon | | |
Native
Africa
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WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA:
Gabon
Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Materials | wood | | Keay, R. W. J. Trees of Nigeria. 1989 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401566.
Accessed 17 July 2025.