Khaya

Khaya
"Ukuchaza ngokweSayensi
Isizwe:	IPlantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Ama-Angiosperms
Clade:	ama-Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
ukuhlela:	Sapindales
Umndeni:	Meliaceae
Umndeniomuningi:	Cedreloideae
Genus:	Khaya; ; A.Juss.
Species
	See text

UKhaya wuhlobo lwezinhlobo ezinhlanu zezihlahla emndenini wama-mahogany iMeliaceae.Ugodo lukaKhaya lubizwa ngokuthi yi- African mahogany, futhi luthathwa njengolungena esikhundleni se-American mahogany ( sohlobo lwe-Swietenia). ^[1]

Incazelo

Uhlobo luvela e- Afrika eshisayo naseMadagascar.Zonke izinhlobo zikhula zizungeze u-30-35m ubude, akuvamile ukuba yi-45m, nesiqu esingaphezu kobubanzi obuyi-1m, esivame ukuboshelwa phansi.

Amaqabunga aphinyiwe, anezincwajana ezingama-4-6, ipheshana lokugcina alikho; Ipheshana ngalinye linobude obungu-10-15 cm obuzungezwe ngokungazelelwe phezulu, kepha imvamisa linethiphu le-acuminate.Amaqabunga angaba yi- deciduous noma i- evergreen kuye ngezinhlobo.Izimbali zenziwa ngama- inflorescence akhululekile, imbali ngayinye incane, inamacembe amane aphuzi aphuzi kanye ne-stameni eziyishumi. Izithelo ziyi-globose capsule ezine noma ezinhlanu-valve 5-8 cm ububanzi, oqukethe imbewu enamaphiko eminingi.

Izinhlobo

Khaya anthotheca ( syn. K. nyasica )
Khaya grandifoliola
Khaya ivorensis
Khaya madagascariensis
Khaya senegalensis

Imisebenza

Ugodo lukaKhaya lubizwa nge- "mahogany yase-Afrika", ngezakhiwo zokhuni ngokuvamile ezibhekwa njengeziseduze kakhulu ne- mahogany yangempela. ^[2]

Imbewu ka K. senegalensis inokuqukethwe kukawoyela okungama-52.5%, okuqukethe i-21% palmitic acid, 10% stearic acid, 65% oleic acid, ne-4% "ye-asidi engaziwa" ^[3]

I eliqinile le iba nsundu ngokubomvu ukhuni K. anthotheca isetshenziselwa canoes elenjiweko noma makoros futhi njengoba ugodo jikelele, umnyango Uhlaka kanye semfenisha ugodo okuyinto somuhlwa futhi borer ukumelana. ^[4]

Izinkomba

↑ African Mahogany - The Wood Database
↑ Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown - The Wood Database
↑ Okieimen, F.E; Eromosele, C.O (1999). "Fatty acid composition of the seed oil of Khaya senegalensis". Bioresource Technology 69 (3): 279–280. doi:10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00190-4.
↑ Joffe, Pitta: (2007), Indigenous Plants of South Africa, Briza Publications, pg 123

[1] African Mahogany - The Wood Database

[2] Mahogany Mixups: the Lowdown - The Wood Database

[3] Okieimen, F.E; Eromosele, C.O (1999). "Fatty acid composition of the seed oil of Khaya senegalensis". Bioresource Technology 69 (3): 279–280. doi:10.1016/S0960-8524(98)00190-4.

[4] Joffe, Pitta: (2007), Indigenous Plants of South Africa, Briza Publications, pg 123

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