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Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.)Hochst.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Piliostigma Hochst.

Piliostigma reticulatum (DC.)Hochst. [Accepted]
    Bauhinia L. reticulata DC. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [11]
    Central African Rep. (N) [11]; Chad (N) [64]
    Ethiopia (N) [111]; Ghana (N) [11]; Ivory Coast (N) [11]
    Mali (N) [11]; Niger (N) [11]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Senegal (N) [11]; Sudan (N) [11]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sahel regional transition zone - wooded grassland. [33]
    Sudanian woodland [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Absent [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist
  
USES: -

  
NOTES:
  Much confused with P.thonningii pre-1940.
  May hybridise with P.thonningii (see Milne-Redhead s.n.,Nigeria, at K).
  Nodulation data from Bauhinia reticulata DC. [1785]


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

33.

   White,F., 1983
    The Vegetation of Africa
    The Vegetation of Africa

64.

   Lebrun,J.-P. et al, 1972
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional
    IEMVPT Et.Bot.1,Catalogue des Plant.Vasc.du Tchad Meridional

106.

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

111.

   Aubreville,A., 1965
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy
    9.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora du Cameroun.Aubreville & Leroy

121.

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

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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