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Baikiaea insignis Benth.

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HIGHER TAXON: Detarieae

GENUS: Baikiaea Benth.

Baikiaea insignis Benth. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [106]; Cameroon (N) [106]; Congo (N) [11]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [106]; Gabon (N) [106]
    Nigeria (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Uganda (N) [106]
    Zaire (N) [106]
  Asia
    Sri Lanka (I) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [106], Lake Victoria regional mosaic; forest. [106]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,8]; Miscellaneous

  
NOTES:
  Two subspecies (FTEA)
  Several varieties,of which var.fragrantissima treated as sp.in CFA (q.v.)
  Brummitt (in press,1985) does not recognize the subspecies or varieties.



DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

11.

  Keay,R.W.J., 1958
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2
    Flora of West Tropical Africa.Ed.2;Vol.1,part 2

28.

  White,F., 1962
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.
    Forest Flora of Northern Rhodesia.

42.

  Dale,I.R. & Greenway,P.J., 1961
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs
    Kenya Trees and Shrubs

52.

  Verdcourt,B. & Trump,E.C., 1969
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa
    Common Poisonous Plants of East Africa

106.

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

113.

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

1785.

  Allen,O.N. & Allen,E.K., 1981
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
    The Leguminosae, A Source Book of Characteristics,Uses,&Nod.
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