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Tipuana tipu (Benth.)Kuntze

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HIGHER TAXON: Dalbergieae

GENUS: Tipuana (Benth.)Benth.

Tipuana tipu (Benth.)Kuntze [Preferred name]
    Machaerium fertile Griseb. {Synonym}
    Machaerium tipu Benth. {Synonym}
    Tipuana speciosa Benth. {Synonym}
    Tipuana tipa Lillo {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Palo Mortero [1140]; Tipa [1140]; Tipa Blanca [1140]; Tipu Tree [261]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (I) [8]; South Africa (I) [8]; Tanzania (I) [8]; Uganda (I) [210]
  Asia
India (I) [3690]; Karnataka [3690]; Iraq (I) [1862]
  Australasia
Papua New Guinea (I) [261]
  Europe
France (I) [1140]
  North America
United States (I) [1140, 1582]
  Pacific Ocean
Hawaii (I) [1140]; New Zealand(North) (I) [2265]
  South America
Argentina (N) [261, 1140, 1226, 1414, 1445, 1582]; Jujuy [1140]; Salta [1140]; Tucuman [1140]; Bolivia (N) [261, 1140, 1414, 1582]; Brazil (I) [1140, 1414, 1582]; Bahia [1414]; Uruguay (I) [1140, 1582]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [1414];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [210, 261, 1140, 1862] ; Illustration [1140, 1414, 1862]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [261] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Tree [261] ; Lifespan: Perennial [261] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1990 (New Zealand & Pacific) Horn P, 1993 Polhill RM, 1993 Zarucchi JL, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [1140]; Domestic [1985]; Environmental [210, 261, 1140, 1862, 2265]; Forage [1140]; Medicine [1140]; Wood [1140]

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

210.

  Gillett, J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

261.

  Verdcourt, B., 1979
    A Manual of New Guinea Legumes. Office of Forests, Lae,PNG

1140.

  Burkart, A., 1952
    Acme Agency, Buenos Aires 569 pp Las Leguminosas Argentinas

1414.

  Lewis, G.P., 1987
    Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 369 pp Legumes of Bahia

1862.

  Townsend, C.C. & Guest, E., 1974
    Flora of Iraq. Vol.3. Baghdad.

1985.

  Lock, J.M., 1989
    Legumes of Africa:a check-list. RBG Kew.

2265.

  Horn, P.E., 1988
    Herbarium References

3690.

  Sanjappa, M., 2001
    Pers.comm.
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