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Cordeauxia edulis Hemsley

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HIGHER TAXON: Caesalpinieae

GENUS: Cordeauxia Hemsley

Cordeauxia edulis Hemsley [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Jicib [131]; Ye'eb [131]; Yeheb [131]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Ethiopia (N) [24]; Kenya (I) [8]; Somalia (N) [24]
    Tanzania (I) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Somalia-Masai bushland and thicket [24]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Insufficiently known
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink; Forage [1785,164]; Chemical products

  
NOTES:
  Variants collected in Somalia (e.g.Gillett et al.22622)may be a related taxon.
  SEPASAL dossier available with much information.


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

24.

   Thulin,M., 1983
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia
    Opera Botanica 68:1-223.Leguminosae of Ethiopia

106.

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

131.

   Lock,J.M., 1984
    Forage & Browse Plants Arid & semi-arid Africa.IBPGR/Kew
    Forage & Browse Plants Arid & semi-arid Africa.IBPGR/Kew

164.

   Hemsley,W.B., 1907
    Hookers Ic.Pl.ser.4,9:tt.2838-9.Cordeauxia edulis
    Hookers Ic.Pl.ser.4,9:tt.2838-9.Cordeauxia edulis

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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