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Baphia nitida Lodd.

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HIGHER TAXON: Sophoreae

GENUS: Baphia Lodd.

Baphia nitida Lodd. [Preferred name]
    Baphia angolensis sensu Lest.-Garl. {Synonym}
    Baphia barombiensis Taub. {Synonym}
    Baphia haematoxylon (Schum. & Thonn.)Hook. {Synonym}
    Baphia nitida var. pubescens A.Chev. {Synonym}
    Carpolobia versicolor G.Don {Synonym}
    Delaria pyrifolia Desv. {Synonym}
    Podalyria haematoxylon Schum. & Thonn. {Synonym}

  
VERNACULAR NAME:
  Barwood [1902]; Camwood [535, 1902]

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Africa
Benin (N) [535]; Cameroon (N) [535]; Equatorial Guinea (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]
  Asia
India (I) [1914]; West Bengal [1914]; Singapore (I) [3938]; Sri Lanka (I) [1587]

  
HABITATS:
  Africa
    Guineo-Congolian forest. [535];

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [3, 535] ; Distribution Map [535] ; Illustration [3, 535]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing [3938] ; Conservation Status: Not Threatened ; Further editing: 2004-2005 Novoselova MS ; Habit: Shrub, Tree [3938] ; Lifespan: Perennial [3938] ; Source(s): 1988 (Africa) Lock JM, 1993 Polhill RM, 2004 (Malesia) Lock JM & Ford C (SJ2005), 2004-11 (S Asia) Kumar S & Sane P

  
USES:
  Chemical products [535]; Environmental [14, 3938]; Medicine [14]; Wood [535]

  
NOTES:
  Probably only in gardens. []

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

3.

  Keay, R.W.J. et al., 1964
    Nigerian Trees Vol.2

14.

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

217.

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

347.

  Gillett, J.B., 1958
    Kew Bull.Addnl.ser.1:1-166.Indigofera..in Tropical Africa.

535.

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

1587.

  Rudd, V.E., 1980
    A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon 1:428-458 Fabaceae

1902.

  Terrell, E.E., 1977
    Checklist of Names for 3,000 Vas.Pl... Agric.Handbook No.505

1914.

  Sanjappa, M., 1992
    Legumes of India. Dehra Dun: Bishen Singh Mahendra...

3938.

  Keng, H., 1990
    Concise Flora of Singapore. Singapore
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