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<big>''[[Cordyla africana]]'' Lour.</big>
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:Protologue: Fl. cochinch. 2: 412 (1790).
:Chromosome number: 2''n'' = 20
== Vernacular names ==
The name ''Cordyla africana'' has commonly been used incorrectly for ''Cordyla pinnata'' (Lepr. ex A.Rich.) Milne-Redh., which occurs in the Sahel region from Senegal to Cameroon and differs in its inflorescences that usually appear before the leaves on older shoots, more hairy flowers and more numerous, slender, whitish stamens. Literature should therefore be interpreted with care.
=== ''Cordyla densiflora'' ===''[[Cordyla densiflora]]'' Milne-Redh. is a small deciduous tree up to 10 m tall, endemic to Tanzania, where it occurs in deciduous woodland and bushland at 800–1200 m altitude. The wood is used for poles, stools, drums, beehives and implements such as mortars and pestles. The fruit pulp is eaten fresh or after cooking. Leaf decoctions are administered as an enema to treat constipation, and charcoal made from the wood is applied to burns. The tree is planted as a life fence.
=== ''Cordyla richardii'' ===''[[Cordyla richardii]]'' Milne-Redh. is a small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, occurring in Sudan and northern Uganda in deciduous woodland on rocky hillsides. The wood is used for similar purposes as that of ''Cordyla densiflora'', whereas the fruits are eaten fresh.
=== ''Cordyla somaliensis'' ===''[[Cordyla somaliensis]]'' J.B.Gillett is a shrub or small tree up to 5 m tall, occurring in eastern Ethiopia and Somalia. Its wood is probably used for similar purposes as that of ''Cordyla densiflora'', and the fruits are eaten.
== Anatomy ==
Wood-anatomical description (IAWA hardwood codes):
*Growth rings: 2: growth ring boundaries indistinct or absent. *Vessels: 5: wood diffuse-porous; 13: simple perforation plates; 22: intervessel pits alternate; 23: shape of alternate pits polygonal; 26: intervessel pits medium (7–10 μm); (27: intervessel pits large (<font size="1">≥</font> 10 μm)); 29: vestured pits; 30: vessel-ray pits with distinct borders; similar to intervessel pits in size and shape throughout the ray cell; 42: mean tangential diameter of vessel lumina 100–200 μm; 46: <font size="1">≤</font> 5 vessels per square millimetre; 58: gums and other deposits in heartwood vessels. *Tracheids and fibres: 61: fibres with simple to minutely bordered pits; 66: non-septate fibres present; 70: fibres very thick-walled. *Axial parenchyma: (76: axial parenchyma diffuse); 80: axial parenchyma aliform; (81: axial parenchyma lozenge-aliform); (82: axial parenchyma winged-aliform); 83: axial parenchyma confluent; 85: axial parenchyma bands more than three cells wide; 91: two cells per parenchyma strand; 92: four (3–4) cells per parenchyma strand. *Rays: 97: ray width 1–3 cells; 104: all ray cells procumbent; (106: body ray cells procumbent with one row of upright and/or square marginal cells); 115: 4–12 rays per mm. *Storied structure: (118: all rays storied); (120: axial parenchyma and/or vessel elements storied); 122: rays and/or axial elements irregularly storied. *Mineral inclusions: 136: prismatic crystals present; 142: prismatic crystals in chambered axial parenchyma cells; (154: more than one crystal of about the same size per cell or chamber).
(P. Mugabi, P. Baas & H. Beeckman)
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