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Swartzia madagascariensis Desv.

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HIGHER TAXON: Swartzieae

GENUS: Swartzia Schreber

Swartzia madagascariensis Desv. [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [107]; Benin (N) [11]; Botswana (N) [107]
    Cameroon (N) [106]; Central African Rep. (N) [8]
    Chad (N) [64]; Gambia The (N) [106]; Ghana (N) [11]
    Guinea (N) [11]; Guinea Bissau (N) [11]
    Ivory Coast (N) [11]; Mali (N) [11]; Mozambique (N) [106]
    Namibia-ISO (N) [106]; Niger (N) [78]; Nigeria (N) [11]
    Senegal (N) [11]; Tanzania (N) [106]; Zaire (N) [106]
    Zambia (N) [107]; Zimbabwe (N) [106]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Sudanian wooded grassland [33], Sudanian woodland [33]
    Zambezian wooded grassland [33], Zambezian woodland [33]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Shrub, Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Wood [1785,28,111]; Medicine [1785,28,111,121]; Toxins [1785,28,111, 121,111]

  
NOTES:
  No evidence for occurrence in Madagascar ! (FTEA ref.106).
  Two 'forms' recognised by F.C.B.(ref 113).


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.

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.

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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