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Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poiret)Kunth

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GENUS: Lonchocarpus Kunth

Lonchocarpus sericeus (Poiret)Kunth [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Angola-ISO (N) [212]; Benin (N) [212]; Cameroon (N) [212]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [212]; Gabon (N) [8]
    Gambia The (N) [212]; Ghana (N) [212]; Guinea (N) [212]
    Guinea Bissau (N) [212]; Ivory Coast (N) [212]
    Liberia (N) [212]; Nigeria (N) [212]
    Sao Tome & Principe (N) [212]; Senegal (N) [212]
    Sierra Leone (N) [212]; South Africa (I) [8]
    Togo (N) [8]; Zaire (N) [230]
  South America
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guinea-Congolia/Sudania regional transition zone; forest. [212]
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [212]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Environmental [1785,14,230]; Toxins [1785,14,230,230]; Wood [1785,14, 230,230,14]; Medicine [1785,14,230,230,14,14]

  
NOTES:
  Incorrectly reported (Dale,ref.2) as intro. Uganda (FTEA, ref.210).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

14.

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

212.

   Hepper,F.N., 1958
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.
    Papilionoideae.In:Flora West Tropical Africa.Keay,R.W.J.

230.

   Robyns,W.(Ed.), 1954
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae
    Flore du Congo Belge Vol.6. Dalbergieae,Vicieae,Phaseoleae

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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