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Peltophorum africanum Sond.

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Peltophorum (Vogel)Benth.

Peltophorum africanum Sond. [Preferred name]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  African Wattle [107]; Weeping Wattle [2023]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Angola (N) [107]; Botswana (N) [107]; Kenya (I) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [107]; Namibia (N) [107]; South Africa (N) [107]; Swaziland (N) [107]; Tanzania (I) [106]; Zaire (N) [113]; Zambia (N) [107]; Zimbabwe (N) [107]
  Asia
India (I) [1914, 3622]; West Bengal [1914, 3622]; Sri Lanka (I) [2023]
  North America
United States (I) [3157]; California [3157]; Florida [3157]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Tongaland-Pondoland regional transition zone; bushland and thicket [33];
    Zambezian bushland and thicket [33];
    Zambezian woodland [33];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [107, 113, 2023, 3622] ; Illustration [58, 198, 410, 3622]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS, 2005-07 (Americas update) Sokolova IV [3157] ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1993 Zarucchi JL ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Environmental [106, 3622]; Medicine [121]; Wood [2023]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

  Lock, J.M., 1985
    Specimen in Herb.Kew

33.

  White, F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa

58.

  Gomes e Sousa, A., 1966
    Dendrologia de Mocambique. Mem.1,Inst.Invest.Agron.Mocamb.

106.

  Brenan, J.P.M., 1967
    Caesalp.In:Flora Trop.East Africa. Milne-Redhead & Polhill

107.

  Ross, J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

113.

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

121.

  Watt, J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk, M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

198.

  Verdoorn, I.C., 1963
    Fl.Pl.Africa 36:t.1434. Peltophorum africanum

410.

  Onderstall, J., 1984
    Transvaal Lowveld & Escarpment... South Afr.Wild Fl.Guide 4.

1914.

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

2023.

  Rudd, V.E., 1991
    Flora of Ceylon 7: 34-107. Caesalpinioideae

3157.

  Isely, D., 1998
    Native & naturalized Leg.of the USA.Brigham Young Univ.Utah

3622.

  Basu, S.K. & Chakravorty, S.N., 1987
    J.Econ.Taxon.Bot.10:173-175. Peltophorum africanum...

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