Craibia affinis (De Wild.) De Wild.

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Fabaceae > Craibia

Characteristics

A shrub or tree. It can grow to 15 m tall. The branches have soft hairs. The leaves are compound with 5-11 leaflets. The main leaf axis if 30 cm long. The leaflets are oblong to sword shaped and 16 cm long by 5 cm wide. There are 10-30 flowers in a group at the top of the plant. The fruit is a pod 6-9 cm long by 3 cm wide. There are 1-2 seeds.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
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Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 12.5
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Nitrogen fixer rhizobia
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Environment

It is a tropical plant. It grows on the edges of forests between 400-1,500 m above sea level.
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Edges of gallery forest; evergreen thickets; forests; sometimes common; 450-1,500 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-12

Usage

Uses food gene source material
Edible fruits
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Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
Mode seedlings
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Distribution

Craibia affinis world distribution map, present in Angola, Tanzania, United Republic of, and Zambia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:487705-1
WFO ID wfo-0000198603
COL ID Z4DX
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Craibia affinis Craibia dubia Lonchocarpus affinis Lonchocarpus dubius