Tiama Mahogany (Entandrophragma angolense)

Family: Meliaceae | Edibility: Edible (1/5)

Entandrophragma angolense or commonly known as Tiama Mahogany is a tropical, deciduous buttressed tree growing up to 50 m in height with 5 m trunk diameter. It has an open crown and smooth, pale grey bark that flakes off. The flowers are white to yellow in colour. The fruit is a capsule. The bark is used medicinally against fever, stomach pain, peptic ulcers, ear ache, arthritic or rheumatic pain, swellings, ophthalmia, etc.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Nuts/Seeds

Harvest Seasons: Fall, Late Summer

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Edible portion: Seeds. No other information available. — Edible portion: Seeds.; No other information available.

Habitat & North American Range

Most commonly found in moist semi-deciduous forest, though it can also be found in evergreen forest. It occurs in lowland and mid-altitude rainforest, but sometimes also in gallery forest and thickets, at elevations up to 1,800 metres. (Zone 10)