Pod Mahogany

Quanzensis: of the Cuanza River, Angola

Medium-sized to large deciduous tree. Bark greyish-brown, flaking, leaving pale patches. Leaves paripinnate with 4-6 pairs of (sub)opposite leaflets. Leaflets oblong-elliptic, 3-9 cm long, dark green above paler below, leathery; margin entire with a yellow rim. Flowers in small clusters, the single petal pinkish-red with yellow veining. Fruit a large flattened pod, thickly woody, 10-17 cm, splitting to reveal large, shiny black seeds with a bright red aril.

Frequent

Charaxes cithaeron cithaeron (Blue-spotted charaxes) Charaxes protoclea azota (Flame-bordered emperor)

From Somalia to KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.