Baphia massaiensis Taubert Subsp. obovata (Schinz)Brummitt

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Baphia Lodd.
Tribe: Sophoreae
Rank: Subsp.
Subspecies: obovata
Subspecies authority: (Schinz)Brummitt
References: [535]

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Other names:

• Baphia cornifolia Harms [Synonym] [535]
  
• Baphia henriquesiana Taubert [Synonym] [535]
  
• Baphia massaiensis Taubert Subsp. cornifolia (Harms)Brummitt [Synonym] [535]
  
• Baphia obovata Schinz [Synonym] [535]
  
• Baphia sp.1 F.White [Synonym] [535]
  
• Baphia whitei Brummitt [Synonym] [535][536]
  

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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:

• Forage [535]
  
• Medicine [535]
  
• Wood [535]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Angola-ISO [535]
  • Botswana [535]
  • Namibia-ISO [535]
  • South Africa [535]
  • Zambia [535]
  • Zimbabwe [535]

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Notes:

• 3 vars.;obovata,whitei;cornifolia (Soladoye 1985, ref.535).
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:15:51