Bauhinia thonningii Schum.

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Bauhinia L.
Tribe: Cercideae
References: [106][1939]

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Other names:

• Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.)Milne-Redh. [Synonym] [106][1939]
  

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Descriptors:

• Habit:
  • Shrub
  • Tree
• Lifespan:
  • Perennial
• Stems:
  • Not climbing
• Source(s):
  • 1988(Africa)Lock JM
  • 1993 Polhill RM
• Conservation Status:
  • Not Threatened

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Uses:

• Chemical products [9] [14] [42]
  
• Fibre [9] [14]
  
• Forage [14] [107]
  
• Medicine [14] [113]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [110]
  • Benin [11]
  • Botswana [107]
  • Burkina [8]
  • Cameroon [11]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ethiopia [11]
  • Gabon [112]
  • Gambia The [11]
  • Ghana [11]
  • Guinea [11]
  • Guinea Bissau [11]
  • Ivory Coast [11]
  • Kenya [106]
  • Malawi [8]
  • Mali [11]
  • Mozambique [8]
  • Namibia-ISO [106]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [11]
  • Senegal [106]
  • Sierra Leone [11]
  • South Africa [106]
  • Sudan [106]
  • Tanzania [106]
  • Togo [11]
  • Uganda [106]
  • Zaire [113]
  • Zambia [28]
  • Zimbabwe [8]

• Middle East [1939]
  • Yemen [1939]

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Notes:

• Much confused with P.reticulata pre-1940.
  
• May hybridise with P.reticulatum (see Milne-Redhead s.n.,Nigeria, at K). [106]
  
• Bauhinia thonningii Schum.: Synonym [04/29/93 13:35] [106]
  
• Piliostigma thonningii (Schum.)Milne-Redh.: Accepted [04/29/93 13:35] [106]
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 12:52:39