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mansonia|mænˈsəʊnɪə|
[mod.L. (J. R. Drummond 1905, in Jrnl. Linn. Soc. Bot. XXXVII. 260), f. the name of F. B. Manson (fl. 1905), a forester in Burma who collected the first specimens of M. gagei.]
A large tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Sterculiaceæ, esp. the West African Mansonia altissima or the hardwood obtained from it. Also attrib.
[1934W. D. MacGregor Silviculture Mixed Deciduous Forests Nigeria iii. 29 Mansonia seedlings 4–9{pp} in height appear to be 1932 regeneration.] 1936Nature 6 June 954/2 The Mansonia (Mansonia altissima)..occurs in the deciduous forests of west tropical Africa. 1958Archit. Rev. CXXIV. 191/2 The floors are of mansonia wood blocks, the staircase and fittings of sapele and the ceilings gaboon plywood. 1969B. J. Rendle World Timbers I. 134 Mansonia was introduced to the world market from Nigeria, as a substitute for walnut, in the 1930s. |