Bed-jacket vs Sapele

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Entandrophragma cylindricum

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Sapele is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Sapele
Kingdom same	Plantae (Plants)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum same	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class same	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order same	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Sapindales (Sapindales)
Family	Sapindaceae	Meliaceae
Genus	Alectryon	Entandrophragma
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Entandrophragma cylindricum

Evolutionary Relationship

Bed-jacket and Sapele share a common ancestor at the Order level: Sapindales. (Sapindales)

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Sapele

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Sapele
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Sapele

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and mangrove forests and coastal wetlands within the Afrotropic biogeographic realm. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Found in Guinea. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.