Entry for BAPHIA pilosa Baillon [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
BAPHIA pilosaBaillon [family LEGUMINOSAE-PAPILIONOIDEAE], in Adans. vi. 216 (adnot.).
Information
Branches terete, clothed when young with long soft yellowish hairs. Petioles 1 in. long, clothed like the branches; leaves lanceolate-oblong, 5–6 in. long by about half as broad, acute, rounded at the base, subcoriaceous, under surface at first villous on the veins, finally glabrous. Racemes axillary, usually a little longer than the petioles, few-flowered. Bracteoles oblong, with scattered subrigid hairs, equalling or slightly shorter than the membranous calyx. Standard slightly longer than the other petals. Ovary densely silky, the hairs strong and spreading. Ovules six. Mature pod not known.
Distribution
Upper Guinea Banks of the Gaboon, Duparquet, (fide Baillon, l.c.).
