Flora of West Tropical Africa
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Abrus
Abrus Adans. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
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Abrus canescens Welw. ex Bak. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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A climbing shrub with grey-pubescent foliage and usually deep red-purple flowers.
Abrus precatorius Linn. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Found all over the tropics and subtropics
A woody twining shrub, with rather stout racemes of pinkish-yellow flowers and clustered fruits which burst, exposing the brilliant red and black seeds.
Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Thw. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Throughout Africa and in the eastern tropics
A climbing shrub like the preceding; flowers pink.
Abutilon
Abutilon Mill. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Abutilon angulatum (Guill. & Perr.) Mast. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, and in Madagascar.
A tall perennial, 6–12 ft. high, whitish-downy all over; flowers yellow or lilac with dark purple centre; carpels 1-seeded.
Abutilon auritum (Wall. ex Link) Sweet [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Probably native in the East Indies, introduced into various parts of the world.
A tall perennial covered with down and spreading hairs; leaves on long hispid petioles, with conspicuous ear-like stipules; seeds with scattered groups of short stellate hairs; flowers orange-red.
Abutilon fruticosum Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Widespread in the drier parts of Africa, extending to Arabia and N.W. India.
A hoary, much-branched, woody perennial, 3–6 ft. high, with comparatively small leaves; flowers yellow; carpels 2–3-seeded.
Abutilon grandifolium (Willd.) Sweet [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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A native of S. America, introduced into parts of Africa and India, and Madeira.
A tall perennial, 3–6 ft. high, with more or less zigzag hairy branches; flowers yellow to orange.
Abutilon guineense (Schum. & Thonn.) Bak. f [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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An erect, more or less villous perennial with wrinkled leaves and yellow-orange flowers.
Abutilon hirtum (Lam.) Sweet [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Widespread in the tropics.
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Abutilon macropodum Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Low, much-branched, suffrutescent, downy on the younger parts; flowers yellow; seeds large, 3 in each carpel.
Abutilon mauritianum (Jacq.) Medic. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Widespread in tropical Africa
A whitish-downy perennial, 3–5 ft. high; flowers yellow or orange.
Abutilon pannosum (Forst. f.) Schlechtend. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Also in Cape Verde Islands, and in the drier regions of tropical Africa and Asia.
An undershrub, 3–6 ft. high; flowers yellow or pink with a darker centre; carpels 2–3-seeded.
Abutilon ramosum (Cav.) Guill. & Perr. [family MALVACEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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Widespread in the drier parts of tropical Africa.
An erect branching perennial, somewhat glandular-tomentose and with spreading hairs; leaves long-stalked; flowers yellow or whitish; carpels 2–3-seeded.
Acacia
Acacia Mill. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Acacia albida Del. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Extends throughout the drier parts of N. Africa into Egypt; also in eastern Africa southwards to the Transvaal
A tree, up to 80 ft., with large straight bole, up to 10 ft. in girth, and rounded crown; bark of twigs pale grey, of bole thick, brown, fissured; spines white; leaves glaucous green; leafless during rainy season; flowers cream, becoming yellow; fruit orange when mature.
Acacia ataxacantha DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Widespread in tropical Africa
A scrambling shrub or climberforming thickets, in regrowth and on rocky hills within the forest regions as well as in dry savannah vegetation; branchlets with yellowish bark armed with recurved prickles; flowers cream; fruits reddish-brown, shining, surfaces undulate.
Acacia dudgeoni Craib ex Holl. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Small tree to 25 ft. high with short bole, brown and fissured; bark of twigs reddish-brown, peeling; flowers cream, in spikes usually shorter than the leaves;occurring in much moister regions than A. senegal.
Acacia ehrenbergiana Hayne [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Also in Central Sahara and the Nile region.
Shrub to 15 ft. high,in semi-desert regions; flowers deep yellow.
Acacia farnesiana (Linn.) Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Cultivated throughout the tropics and in S. Europe, probably native in S. America
A spiny shrub with very fragrant yellow flowers; introduced.
Acacia gourmaensis A. Chev. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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Small tree, to 25 ft. high, often with more or less straight stem and numerous short branches; bole brown with small scales; bark of twigs yellowish, peeling; flowers cream.
Acacia hebecladoides Harms [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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Tree, to 40 ft. high, with flat-topped crown, inlow-lying savannah sites; flowers white, sweet-scented, with numerous flower-heads in each axil.
Acacia hockii De Willd. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
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Widespread in tropical Africa
Shrub or small tree, bark reddish brown, flowers deep yellow;often on rocky hills in the moister savannah regions.
Acacia kirkii Oliv. [family LEGUMINOSAE-MIMOSOIDEAE]
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 1, Part 2,
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Small tree, flowers pink.
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