sapele
/ˈsæpɪlɪ/noun
1- a large tropical African hardwood tree, with reddish-brown timber that resembles mahogany楝, 萨佩莱。
1.1
- Genus Entandrophragma, family Meliaceae.恩坦多楝属, 楝科。
词源
early 20th cent.: from the name of a port on the Benin River, Nigeria.