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Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.)Milne-Redh.

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HIGHER TAXON: Cercideae

GENUS: Piliostigma Hochst.

Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.)Milne-Redh. [Accepted]
    Bauhinia L. thonningii Schum. {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [110]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [107]
    Burkina (N) [8]; Cameroon (N) [11]; Chad (N) [64]
    Ethiopia (N) [11]; Gabon (N) [112]; Gambia The (N) [11]
    Ghana (N) [11]; Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Kenya (N) [106]; Malawi (N) [8]
    Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [8]; Namibia-ISO (N) [106]
    Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]; Senegal (N) [106]
    Sierra Leone (N) [11]; South Africa (N) [106]
    Sudan (N) [106]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Togo (N) [11]
    Uganda (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [113]; Zambia (N) [28]
    Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Zambezia regional transition zone; transition woodland. [33]
    Guineo-Congolian transition woodland [33]
    Somalia-Masai wooded grasslands. [33], Sudanian woodland [33]
    Zambezian woodland [33]
    Zanzibar-Inhambane regional transitional zone; wooded grassland [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:
  Medicine [1785,14,113]; Forage [1785,14,113,14,107]; Chemical products [1785,14,113,14,107,9,14]; Fibre [1785,14,113,14, 107,9,14,9,14]

  
NOTES:
  Much confused with P.reticulata pre-1940.
  May hybridise with P.reticulatum (see Milne-Redhead s.n.,Nigeria, at K).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

9.

   Eggeling,W.J. & Dale,I.R., 1952
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.
    The Indigenous Trees of the Uganda Protectorate.

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

14.

   Dalziel,J.M., 1937
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa
    The Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa

28.

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

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

78.

   Peyre de Fabregues,B.& Lebrun, 1976
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger
    IEMVPT Etude Botanique No.3. Catalogue des plantes..du Niger

106.

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

107.

   Ross,J.H., 1982
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Flora Southern Africa 16,pt.1.Ross.J.H.

110.

   Torre,A.R.da & Hillcoat,D., 1958
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca
    Caesalpinoideae.In:Consp.Fl.Angolensis 2.Exell & Mendonca

112.

   Aubreville,A., 1967
    15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.
    15.Caesalpinoideae.In:Flore du Gabon.Aubreville,A.

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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