{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Calodendrum capense00.jpg | image_caption = ''C. capense'' illustrated by Cythna Letty | taxon = Calodendrum | authority = Thunb. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = *''Calodendrum capense'' <small>Thunb.</small> *''Calodendrum eickii'' <small>Engl.</small> }}
'''''Calodendrum''''' is a genus of medium-sized evergreen trees comprising two species from Africa. ''Calodendrum capense'', the Cape chestnut, is a well known tree that is widely cultivated, while ''Calodendrum eickii'' is a rare forest tree from Tanzania. The botanical name comes from Greek, ''kalos'' means beautiful and ''dendrum'' means tree. Both species are harvested for their timber in Africa.<ref name=fg>{{cite web|author=Lovett, Jon C.|author2=Chris K. Ruffo|author3=Roy E. Gereeau|name-list-style=amp|title=Field Guide to the Moist Forest Trees of Tanzania|url=http://www.cepf.net/Documents/Final_LovettRuffoGereau_FieldGuide.pdf|access-date=2009-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100621062907/http://www.cepf.net/Documents/Final_LovettRuffoGereau_FieldGuide.pdf|archive-date=2010-06-21|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://www.iucnredlist.org/details/34794/sum IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: ''Calodendrum eickii''] *Lord, Tony (2003) Flora : The Gardener's Bible : More than 20,000 garden plants from around the world. London: Cassell. {{ISBN|0-304-36435-5}} *Macoboy, Stirling (1979) What Tree is That?, Sydney, Australia (1st ed.: Sydney: Ure Smith). {{ISBN|0-7254-0480-9}}
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Category:Zanthoxyloideae Category:Zanthoxyloideae genera