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Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus)Harms

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Bolusanthus Harms

Bolusanthus speciosus (Bolus)Harms [Accepted]
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Botswana (N) [8]; Kenya (I) [210]; Malawi (N) [8]
    Mozambique (N) [8]; South Africa (N) [210]
    Swaziland (N) [233]; Uganda (I) [210]; Zambia (N) [28]
    Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Cultivated [210], Zambezian woodland [28,210]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Medicine [1785,28]; Wood [1785,28,226]; Environmental [1785,28,226, 226]

  
NOTES:
  Flowers normally blue;white variant occurs Zimbabwe (K - Pole Evans 4709).
  Also cultivated within its native range.(K).



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

28.

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

210.

  Gillett,J.B. et al., 1971
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill
    Papilionoideae.In:Fl.Trop.E.Africa,Milne-Redhead & Polhill

226.

  Palmer,E. & Pitman,N., 1977
    Trees of Southern Africa,Vol.2
    Trees of Southern Africa,Vol.2

233.

  Compton,L., 1966
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11
    Flora of Swaziland.J.S.Afr.Bot.Suppl.Vol.11

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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