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Botanical record

Khaya senegalensis

Khaya senegalensis is recorded under 1 local name in the published Nigerian ethnobotanical literature Sanko has mapped, across Hausa.

Accepted botanical name
Khaya senegalensis
Names as published
Khaya senegalensis
Common English
African Mahogany
Parts reported
bark, leaves, seeds and stem bark
GBIF taxonomy
usage key 3190508 · ACCEPTED · EXACT match at 99% confidence · checked 2026-08-13

Local names recorded for Khaya senegalensis

Sanko uses this survey for its published name mapping and reported plant parts only. The subject the survey investigated is not a therapeutic claim about this plant.

Local nameLanguageWhere recordedSource
Madaci Hausa Barkin Ladi, Bassa, Bokkos, Jos North, Jos South, Kanam, Mangu, Pankshin, Qua'an Pan and Wase, Plateau State, Nigeria Ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of animal diarrhoea in Plateau State, Nigeria — Table 1, row 30