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Griffonia simplicifolia (DC.)Baill.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Griffonia Baill.

Griffonia simplicifolia (DC.)Baill. [Preferred name]
    Bandeiraea simplicifolia (DC.)Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Gabon (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Togo (N) [11]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; bushland and thicket. [11];
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [33];
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [11];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [11]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing, Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM

  
USES:
  Fibre [14]; Medicine [18]; Miscellaneous [14]; Toxins [14]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

11.

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

14.

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

18.

  Hall, J.B.& Swaine, M.D., 1981
    Forest Vegetation in Ghana.

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
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