Baphia pubescens Hook.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Baphia

Characteristics

A shrub or tree about 20 ft. high, with brown-tomentose branchlets and inflorescence
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Flowers white with a yellow streak, sweet-scented.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 8.05
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
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Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Marshy or closed forests; sometimes common; half-deciduous forests and forests in the transitional zone to evergreen forests.
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

Usage

Uses dye material medicinal wood
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Baphia pubescens world distribution map, present in Angola, Benin, Côte d'Ivoire, Cameroon, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Togo

Conservation status

Baphia pubescens threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:480908-1
WFO ID wfo-0000212030
COL ID KLN5
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Baphia bancoensis Baphia pubescens Baphia solheidi