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Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Mimoseae

GENUS: Tetrapleura Benth.

Tetrapleura tetraptera (Schum. & Thonn.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Adenanthera tetraptera Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [30]; Cameroon (N) [11]; Central African Rep. (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [1]; Guinea Bissau (N) [1]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [1]; Liberia (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Sudan (N) [1]; Tanzania (N) [1]; Togo (N) [23]; Uganda (N) [1]; Zaire (N) [1]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; West Bengal [1914]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11];
    Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [1];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1] ; Illustration [1, 11, 12]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [14]; Medicine [14]; Wood [9, 14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1959
    Mimosoideae.In:Fl.Trop.East Africa.Hubbard & Milne-Redhead

9.

  Eggeling, W.J. & Dale, I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

11.

  Keay, R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

12.

  Aubreville, A., 1936
    La Flore Forestiere de la Cote d'Ivoire. Vol.1

14.

  Dalziel, J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

23.

  Ern, H., 1984
    Leguminosae. In:Flore analytique du Togo.Brunel,J.F. et al.

30.

  Torre, A.R.da, 1956
    Mimosoideae.In:Cons.Fl.Angolensis Vol.2(2).Exell & Mendonca

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

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