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Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.)Herend. & Zarucchi

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Caesalpinia L.

Caesalpinia benthamiana (Baill.)Herend. & Zarucchi [Preferred name]
    Mezoneuron benthamianum Baill. {Synonym}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [11]; Gambia The (N) [11]; Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Liberia (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [11]; Sierra Leone (N) [11]; Togo (N) [11]

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

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [11]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994/1995 Lewis GP ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM

  
USES:
  Medicine [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
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