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Griffonia speciosa (Benth.)Taub.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Griffonia Baill.

Griffonia speciosa (Benth.)Taub. [Preferred name]
    Bandeiraea speciosa Benth. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [111]; Cameroon (N) [111]; Gabon (N) [112]; Zaire (N) [113]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [111];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [111, 112, 113] ; Illustration [172]

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

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

111.

  Aubreville, A., 1965
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

112.

  Aubreville, A., 1967
    15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.

113.

  Robyns, W.(Ed.), 1952
    Flore du Congo Belge,Vol.3. Mimosoideae, Caesalpinoideae

172.

  Bentham, G., 1865
    Trans.Linn.Soc.25:297-320.Desc.new gen & spp.trop.Legumino.
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