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Lonchocarpus violaceus (Jacq.)DC.

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HIGHER TAXON: Millettieae

GENUS: Lonchocarpus Kunth

Lonchocarpus violaceus (Jacq.)DC. [Preferred name]
    Lonchocarpus violaceus var. violaceus (Jacq.)DC. {Synonym}
    Robinia violacea Jacq. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Greenheart [1790]; Savonette [1790]; Savonette Le Ba [1790]; Savonette Petite Feuille [1790]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Zimbabwe (I) [8]
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (N) [1790]
  South America
Colombia (N) [1342]; Venezuela (N) [1661]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [8];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [1790] ; Illustration [1790]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2005-10 Agababian M - Ed.scr.French Names ; Habit: Tree ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1993 Zarucchi JL

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

8.

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

1342.

  Howard, R.A., 1973
    J.Arnold Arbor.54(4):435-470 Enumer.& Select. N.Von Jacquin

1661.

  Steyermark, J.A. & Huber, O., 1978
    Flora del Avila 514-565 Leguminosae (Fabaceae)

1790.

  Howard, R.A. et al., 1988
    Dicotyledoneae Part 1.Fl. Lesser Antilles Arnold Arboretum
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