Pericopsis laxiflora (Baker)van Meeuwen

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Status: Accepted
Genus: Pericopsis Thwaites
Tribe: Sophoreae
References: [210]

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Other names:

• Afrormosia laxiflora (Baker)Harms [Synonym] [212]
  

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Descriptors:

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

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Uses:

• Medicine [14]
  
• Wood [14]
  

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Geographical Distribution:

• Africa
  • Benin [212]
  • Cameroon [212]
  • Central African Rep. [212]
  • Chad [64]
  • Ghana [212]
  • Guinea [212]
  • Guinea Bissau [224]
  • Ivory Coast [212]
  • Mali [212]
  • Niger [78]
  • Nigeria [212]
  • Senegal [212]
  • Sierra Leone [212]
  • Sudan [212]
  • Togo [212]

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Notes:

• Yakovlev(1971-Novosti Sist.Vyssh.Rast.8:180) regards as subsp.of P.angolensis.
  

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Last Update: 14/06/2001 13:16:08