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Baphia nitida Lodd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Baphia Lodd.

Baphia nitida Lodd. [Accepted]

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Camwood [535]

  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Benin (N) [535]; Cameroon (N) [535]
    Equatorial Guinea-ISO (N) [535]; Gabon (N) [535]
    Ghana (N) [535]; Ivory Coast (N) [535]; Liberia (N) [535]
    Nigeria (N) [535]; Sao Tome & Principe (N) [217]
    Senegal (N) [535]; Sierra Leone (N) [535]; Togo (N) [535]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [535]
  
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 [1785,535]; Medicine [1785,535,14]; Environmental [1785,535,14, 14]; Chemical products

  
NOTES:
  Often planted as a dye-wood (Hepper in FWTA,ref.212).


DATA SOURCES:

14.

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

217.

   Liberato, Maria Candida, 1972
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae
    Flora de Sao Tome e Principe: Papilionaceae

535.

   Soladoye,M.O., 1985
    Kew Bull.40:291-386.A revision of Baphia (Leguminosae-Papi.)
    Kew Bull.40:291-386.A revision of Baphia (Leguminosae-Papi.)

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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