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Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker)Dumaz-le Grand

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Xanthocercis Baillon

Xanthocercis zambesiaca (Baker)Dumaz-le Grand [Accepted]
    Pseudocadia Harms zambesiaca (Baker)Harms {Synonym}
  
VERNACULAR NAME: -
  
PLACES: -
  Africa
    Malawi (N) [8]; Mozambique (N) [8]
    South Africa (N) [226]; Zambia (N) [28]; Zimbabwe (N) [8]
  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Zambezian woodland [28]
  
DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing
  Conservation Status: Not Threatened
  Habit: Tree
  Lifespan: Perennial
  Nodules: Present [1785]
  Source: Lock,J.M.(1988) African Checklist

  
USES:
  Food and Drink [1785,121]; Toxins [1785,121,121]; Wood [1785,121,121, 226]

  
NOTES:
  Wood dust severely irritant (Watt & Breyer-Brandwijk, ref.121).


DATA SOURCES:

8.

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

28.

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

121.

   Watt,J.M. & Breyer-Brandwijk,M, 1962
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa
    Medicinal & Poisonous Plants of Southern & Eastern Africa

226.

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

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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