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Andira grandiflora

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Identification
Isotype of Andira grandiflora Guill., Perr. & A.Rich. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Pennington,R.T., Andira inermis (W.Wright) DC. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Andira inermis
  • Andira grandiflora

Flora

Entry for ANDIRA inermis H. B. K. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol 2, page 1, (1871) Author: Papilionaceae by Mr. J. G. Baker; Caesalpinieae and Mimoseae by Prof. Oliver)
Names
ANDIRA inermis H. B. K. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Nov. Gen. vi. 385. Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. iv. Suppl. 122.
Andira racemosa  Lam. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Enc. i. 171, t. 604, fig. 1.
Andira grandiflora Guill. et Perr. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], Fl. Seneg. 254.
Andira acuminata Benth. [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Ann. Mus. Vind. ii. 109.
Information
A tree 20 or 30 ft. high with firm woody branches, the young twigs slightly grey-pubescent. Petioles 2–3 in. long; leaflets 9–13, the pairs more than an inch apart, lanceolate or oblong or the terminal one obovate, 2–3 in. long, 5/8–1 in. broad, bluntish or subacute, the base scarcely rounded, subsessile, texture subcoriaceous, both sides glabrous, veins not raised. Flowers in pyramidal panicles sometimes a foot long, with distant spreading stalked racemose closely-flowered branches. Calyx subsessile, silky, 2 lines deep, the teeth very short. Corolla rose-coloured, 6–7 lines deep, the standard 3–4 lines broad, the ovary distinctly stalked, glabrous or slightly ciliated, with 3 or 4 ovules. Ripe pod not seen, but in an undeveloped state the pedicel exceeds the calyx and all but one of the ovules are abortive.
Distribution
Senegambia Upper Guinea Heudelot!

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