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Baikiaea ghesquiereana

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Name

Identification
Isotype of Baikiaea eminii Taub. [family LEGUMINOSAE ] Verified by Not on sheet., Baikiaea ghesquiereana J.Léonard [family LEGUMINOSAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet.,
Related name
  • Baikiaea ghesquiereana
  • Baikiaea eminii

Flora

Entry for BAIKIAEA ghesquiereana J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1967) Author: J. P. M. Brenan
Names
BAIKIAEA ghesquiereana J. Léon. [family LEGUMINOSAE-CAESALPINIOIDEAE], in B.J.B.B. 21: 130, fig. 33 (1951). Type: Tanganyika, Kilwa District, Busse 3119 (BR, holo. !, B, BM, EA, iso. !)
Information
Tree; branchlets and leaves glabrous. Leaves: petiole with rhachis 7–19 cm. long; petiolules 5–9 mm. long; leaflets 6–8, opposite or subopposite, coriaceous, elliptic, lanceolate, or sometimes ovate-elliptic, 7–19 cm. long, 3.2–6.8 cm. wide, gradually subacuminate at apex. Racemes (only young ones known): peduncle with axis up to 14 cm. long, like the bracts and bracteoles very densely dark-brown- or red-brown-villous outside; bracts 10–16 mm. long, 12–15 mm. wide; bracteoles 9–13 mm. long, 5–8 mm. wide. Buds very densely red-brown-villous outside. Open flowers and pods not yet known.
Range
DISTR. T8 not known elsewhere
Altitude range
± 300 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Kilwa District Matumbi Mts., Kibata, 8 July 1903, Busse 3119 & in Peter 48018 !

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